The Fulton Police Department has released the name of the person that drowned early Thursday morning at Morningside Lake in Fulton. The man was identified as 39-year-olf Wallace Jerome Franklin Jr, of Fulton, MO.
Authorities were unable to locate anyone upon arrival at the Lake Thursday morning, after receiving a call for a person in the water yelling for help.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol was called and searched the waters before finding the victim deceased.