BROWN COUNTY, WI. (THECOUNT) — Dennis Doxtater Jr., of green Bay, Wisconsin, has been identified as the victim in a Saturday apparent drowning in Brown County.
The body of “Bear” Doxtater, 47, was pulled from the East River on Saturday morning.
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The police department’s dive team recovered Doxtater’s body Saturday morning. A passerby reported seeing a backpack near a hole in the ice by a footbridge at about 6 a.m. Saturday.
Police found the body almost 4 hours later, just before 10:15 a.m.
Doxtater was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say their initial investigation doesn’t suggest foul play.
The Brown County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy.
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Geo quick facts: Brown County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 268,740, making it the fourth-most populous county in Wisconsin. The county seat is Green Bay, making it one of three Wisconsin counties on Lake Michigan not to have a county seat with the same name – Wikipedia.