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Norris Lake drowning victim was 45-year-old man

Feb 10, 2011

The man who drowned in Gwinnett County over the weekend has been identified as 45-year-old Roberto Santillanes-Carrillo.

Santillanes-Carrillo fell out of kayak on Norris Lake, near Snellville, Saturday afternoon. He could not swim and was not wearing a life jacket, investigators said.

Monday afternoon, divers pulled the man's body from the lake.

An autopsy was completed by the Gwinnett medical examiner, who released the man's name Wednesday to the AJC.

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