DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office announced it is investigating after a body was found near the shore of Lake Erie near Canadaway Creek in Dunkirk.
The sheriff's office said it responded along with the Dunkirk Police Department and located the body that appeared to be a man who was dead "for a significant amount of time."
On Friday, the sheriff's office announced the man was identified as 30-year-old Evan Zeller of Sheffield Lake, Ohio. Zeller was reported missing in November of 2022 after he went missing while kayaking on Lake Erie in the area of Sheffield Lake.
