Search for missing person at Candlewood Lake

New Fairfield, Sherman
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NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. (WTIC Radio) - The State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is searching for a missing man on Candlewood Lake.

Dive teams from Newtown, Danbury, Brookfield, and Connecticut State Police are looking for a 20-year-old man who went swimming near Chicken Rock, by the town lines of New Fairfield and Sherman. It's a large rock where people are known to jump from the top of the rocks into the water.

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The search began Friday and was suspended for the night. It resumed Saturday morning.

This incident comes just over a month after Larry Chan, 24, of Bristol, died while boating with friends over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

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