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Update: Drowned Man in West-Central Nebraska Lake Identified

Posted: 3:28 PM Jul 2, 2012
Reporter: Associated Press

Authorities have identified the 49-year-old man who drowned this weekend in a western Nebraska reservoir near Sutherland.

James F. Decent, of Paxton, died Saturday. Authorities believe the death was an accidental drowning.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's office says alcohol was a factor in Decent's death.

Authorities were called to the Sutherland Reservoir about 21 miles west of North Platte around 5:41 p.m. Saturday.

Family members found the man in the water and he was not responding. Someone performed CPR, but the man could not be revived. He died later at a North Platte hospital.