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Published January 13, 2015
Orange County authorities say a body found in a central Florida lake is that of 22-year-old Christopher Mayo of Orlando, who drowned after the stolen canoe in which he and two brothers were riding capsized.
When a rescuer who heard the men screaming reached them he only found the brothers — Robert Geib, 15, and Edward Geib, 17 — in the water.
It took about 12 hours for a dive team to locate Mayo's body in Lake Waunatta. Crews worked to recover the body Friday afternoon.
According to authorities, the men were drinking alcohol before they took a fiberglass canoe from a home on the east side of the lake. About 200 feet offshore the vessel tipped, and Mayo, who was not a strong swimmer, drowned in water four-to-six feet deep, Deputy Carlos Padilla, a sheriff's spokesman, told the Orlando Sentinel.
The Geib brothers will likely not face charges because the canoe’s owner decided not to prosecute, Padilla told the Sentinel.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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