A man whose body was found floating in Lake Lanier on Thursday evening has been identified.

A fisherman found Murtuza Mansoorali Sayani, 56, of Lilburn, in the water near the Six Mile Creek Park boat ramp in Forsyth County, said Mark McKinnon, a spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Local law enforcement, Forsyth County fire crews and Georgia game wardens responded to the scene, McKinnon said in a statement Friday.

Forsyth sheriff’s office spokesperson Stacie Miller confirmed that “foul play is not suspected.” The sheriff’s office later stated that the death was an apparent suicide.

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