MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. — Officials say a body recovered from a car found in a West Virginia lake is a missing Fayette County man.
The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office confirms Kevin Lataille, of Smithfield, was the driver of the Hyundai Tucson pulled from Cheat Lake on Sunday.
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Investigators previously said they thought Lataille went over the side of the Interstate 68 Bridge and into the lake.
The sheriff’s office is still investigating how Latielle’s vehicle ended up in the water and is asking for help from the public.
Anyone who may have information, photos or video of the I-68 Eastbound Cheat Lake Bridge from Sunday, Jan. 19, around noon is encouraged to call the sheriff’s office detective division at 304-291-7260.
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