No Victim Found After 2-Day Search for Possible Swimmer in Cape Lake: Police

Crews were searching Scargo Lake in Dennis

After a two-day search by local and state police for a possible missing swimmer in a Cape Cod lake, no victim was found, authorities said Wednesday.

Crews began searching Scargo Lake in Dennis Tuesday after a report of a possible man in distress just before 4 p.m., Yarmouth fire officials confirmed.

A dive team was called to the lake to search, authorities said, but dive operations had been suspended late Tuesday night.

After resuming the search Wednesday using divers, sonar equipment, a helicopter and drones, the Barnstable County Dive Team and state police said there were no signs of a victim.

There were also no missing persons reported to the Dennis Police Department.

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