A man’s body was recovered over the weekend from Jacob’s Creek in South Huntingdon following a reported drowning on Saturday.
The Trib reports that the body of 24-year-old Deonte Johns of Penn Hills was found near Creek Falls. The Westmoreland County Coroner’s office said that Johns jumped from a rock into the water but never resurfaced. The incident was reported at 5:30 PM on Saturday, and his body was recovered around 11:30 AM on Sunday. Dive teams from Greensburg, Murrysville and Collinsburg responded, Pergola said. He said they searched to no avail before and after dark Saturday before returning Sunday.
An exact cause or manner of death has not been released yet pending autopsy results.
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