:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)/Cletus-Iwuagwu-120125-90b4c03a002d4f559b291a710393b588.jpg){kind=link}
363
NEED TO NO
- Dr.Cletus Iwuagwu was reported missing on Nov. 25 in Springfield Township, Ohio
- On Thursday, Dec. 25, the Springfield Fire Department discovered his remains in Orchard Lake
- The Lucas County Coroner’s Office determined the physician’s cause of death was drowning
The body of the 71-year-old Ohio doctor who disappeared in late November has been found. Officials released his cause of death on Friday,Dec. 26.
Dr. Cletus Iwuagwu went missing on Nov. 25 in Springfield Township, Ohio, according to a Lucas County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) report obtained by PEOPLE. His daughter reported him missing that day, after his niece last saw him around 8 p.m. on Nov. 24. In the weeks that followed, authorities used drones and K-9 teams, and dozens of volunteers searched for him.
One month later, on Thursday, Dec. 25, LCSO discovered Iwuagwu’s body in Orchard Lake near Stone Oak Drive.
The Lucas County Coroner’s Office determined that Iwuagwu’s cause of death was drowning, PEOPLE reports.