Divers To Search Straits This Week

Michigan State Police divers were to attempt to find the body of a 57-year-old Sault Ste. Marie man at the Straits of Mackinac Tuesday, May 1, and Wednesday, May 2. The man is thought to have committed suicide by jumping off the Mackinac Bridge in February.

The St. Ignace-based U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay assisted police in searching for the man February 5, but the search was unsuccessful owing to ice conditions. Evidence such as clothing was collected from the water that day, however, which leads police to believe the man did jump. His car was found abandoned on the bridge.

State Trooper Craig Dorenbecker of St. Ignace, a local dive master, will be part of the search operation.

"We know the chances of finding him are slim, but we are doing so with respect to his family," he said.