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By Nick Lough & The Associated Press

Story Published: Jul 21, 2008 at 7:15 AM MDT

Story Updated: Jul 22, 2008 at 7:38 AM MDT

BILLINGS - Crews have recovered a body from the Tongue River Reservoir and it's believed to be the man who fell in during a freak storm last week.

The Big Horn County Coroner says the discovery was made earlier Monday afternoon and officials are heading to the area to identify the body. Crews have been searching the reservoir since Wednesday night when they say the man was holding a rope attached to a boat when a sudden storm pulled him in.

A Sheridan woman, who had been in a small boat by herself, was reported missing Wednesday night and searchers Thursday morning found the body of 47-year-old Debra McCaffrey. McCaffrey drowned when the 14-foot aluminum boat she was in capsized during the Wednesday storm.

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