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Body recovered after swimmer goes missing in Manvel lake

Police said the man's friends tried to to save him.

A man's body was recovered Thursday night after he disappeared while swimming with his friends in a man-made lake in Manvel, according to the Manvel Police Department.

Police the man as 24-year-old Timothy Beaty. His friends tried to save him but were unsuccessful.

He was swimming from the shore to a floating trampoline, but for an unknown reason he struggled and was unable to make it.

The likely drowning occurred in a pond near Corporate and Highway 6.

A dive team with the Houston Police Department headed to the scene to search for the man's body, which was found a few hours later.

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