MI Man Daniel Sprecksel ID’s As Body Found Wednesday Along Racine Lake Michigan

WAYLAND, MI. (THECOUNT) — Daniel Sprecksel, of Racine, MI, has been identified as the body found on the Lake Michigan shoreline on Wednesday, according to Michigan State Police.

Sprecksel, 59, had last been seen fishing on a pier in Racine on Oct. 13, officials say.

A missing person report was filed by Racine police on Oct. 17. and the body was later located on the water’s edge north of South Haven, in Allegan County.

Police say their preliminary investigation “does not indicate any suspicion surrounding his death, which remains under investigation.”

The Michigan State Police Missing Persons Unit, the county Medical Examiner’s office and law-enforcement agencies around Lake Michigan assisted with the investigation. source

Anyone with possible information on the death should contact police at 911.

Friends and family member took to Facebook to remember Sprecksel:

South Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city is in Van Buren County, although a small portion extends into Allegan County. The population was 4,403 at the 2010 census. Because of its position on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Black River, South Haven has always been a port city, according to Wikipedia.