By Associated Press - Tuesday, June 12, 2018

GRAHAM, N.C. (AP) - The body of a kayaker has been recovered from a North Carolina lake.

News outlets reported that a search crew found the body of 21-year-old Joseph Taylor Smith of Graham was found Monday afternoon in Saxapahaw Lake.

Smith had been missing since Sunday evening.

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Witnesses told Alamance County sheriff’s deputies that Smith and several friends were on the lake in a kayak when it overturned. They say Smith decided to swim to shore. He was not wearing a life jacket.

A witness saw Smith go under the water and he did not resurface.

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