FBI dive team in Decatur

The FBI’s Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team conducting a search in Lake Decatur on August 21, 2023.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The FBI dive team has moved to a new area of Lake Decatur as they continue to search for evidence. 

The dive team finished dive operations at the dive site southeast of Reas Bridge Rd. The team recovered a handgun, magazine, and ammunition from that area. 

The team has now moved to basin 2 of Lake Decatur. The team will be diving along Lake Frontage Rd. between the new city-owned boat docks and Chandler Park. Divers will continue to look for discarded evidence. 

Boaters are asked to stay clear of the area for the safety of the divers. 

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