Son Vanishes from Bowling Alley After Night Out. Weeks Later, Someone Spotted Something ‘Floating in’ Popular Lake

Authorities suspected Ian Alexander Shelton, 30, was having a “mental health crisis” before his disappearance in December

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  • Ian Alexander Shelton’s body was recovered from Lake Afton in Kansas more than a month after he went missing
  • “I want people to remember him as someone who gave up a lot to be with his mom, who’s fighting cancer, and was always there for her when she needed him,” his friend Justin Stroud said
  • Detectives confirmed that Shelton had been at the lake during the early hours of Dec. 3 and suspected he may have been experiencing a “mental health crisis”

A missing man’s body was recovered from Kansas’ Lake Afton more than a month after he reportedly vanished from a night out.

Ian Alexander Shelton’s remains were recovered on the south side of the lake on the afternoon of Saturday, Jan. 10, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said.

His cause of death has not yet been confirmed…

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