JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office announced a body was located in Bayview Lake Sunday afternoon.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office confirmed Monday that the body found in the lake around 3 p.m. was identified as 34-year-old Richard Douglas Fields.
Fields had been missing since Jan. 28, after family members said he went to the lake to go kayak fishing and hadn’t been heard from since. An extensive search for Fields began on Jan. 30.