COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A family is mourning the loss of a husband and father who drowned after trying to get across Noonday Creek.
Ottoneil Lopez Cruz, the father of a 6-month-old and a 2-year-old, tried to swim across the Cobb County creek but never resurfaced after going under Sunday.
Family said they watched from the bridge as dive teams searched, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News at 5:00 p.m.
Police said the recent storms caused the creek’s water levels to “rise significantly” and the current to speed up.
Search and rescue recovered his body on Tuesday morning.
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