WJJQ LOCAL NEWS
Body of missing Point student recovered

Tuesday, March 66, 2012

Yesterday afternoon, divers recovered the body of a UW-Stevens Point student that had gone missing.

Hundreds of people had been searching for Eric Duffey, who was last seen leaving a Stevens Point bar at around 1:00am Saturday morning. His body was found in the Wisconsin River at just after 1:00pm yesterday.

Earlier in the morning, searchers had changed from a search to a recovery mission after a K-9 team was lead to the river. They also worked with the dam operator in the area at the time.

Duffey was a wildlife ecology major in his junior year at Stevens Point. He was celebrating his 21st birthday on Saturday. Authorities will continue to investigate and believe alcohol may have been a factor.

Police said he was apparently walking home at the time. He had texted that message to friends the night he went missing.

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