Divers pull teen's body from water at Metamora-Hadley State Recreation Area
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METAMORA, Mich. – Divers pulled the body of 17-year-old Troy Paxton from Lake Minnewanna Thursday evening at the Metamora-Hadley State Recreation Area.
A spokesman at the Lapeer County Sheriff's Office said they got a call about 3:30 p.m. Thursday that two kids were swimming across the lake. One of the kids went under the water while the other was able to make it to shore.
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Paxton's body was pulled from the water about 6:15 p.m. Thursday.
Detective Sgt. Jason Parks said the part of the lake the kids were trying to swim across is quite a distance.
Metamora-Hadley State Recreation Area is off of Baldwin Road about 23 miles north of Auburn Hills.
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