Missing man’s body found
WINCHESTER, Tenn. – The body of an Alabama man who may have been electrocuted by faulty wiring on a dock was found Thursday night, according to authorities.
The victim was identified as William A. Nolan, 39, of 1523 13th St. in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Franklin County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Chris Guess said in a news release.
Deputies spoke with the man’s mother-in-law a little before 7 p.m. CDT Thursday, Guess said. She told deputies Nolan had been jogging and told her when he returned that he was going to go for a swim at the boat dock near the house, he said.
The woman went looking for Nolan after about an hour and found only his clothes on the dock, Guess said. She contacted authorities, who began a search that ended around 8 p.m. CDT when they found Nolan’s body under the dock, the release states.
Guess said the house “had been struck by lightning in the recent past” and investigators found faulty wiring from the house to the dock “causing the dock to be live with electricity.”