Body in Saginaw Bay identified
Posted: 01.15.2010 at 11:37 PM

BAY COUNTY (AP) -- The elderly man found floating in the Saginaw Bay has been identified.

The Bay County Sheriff's Department says the victim is 60-year-old Robert Hack of Bay City.

Authorities say, Hack left his home Friday morning and appeared to have been fishing.

Late Friday afternoon, after nearly an hour of searching, the Coast Guard found Hack in broken ice two miles east of Linwood.

The cause of death is still being investigated.

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