Update: Missing worthington teen’s body recovered in SC waters
Update: The body of the teen who went missing while swimming in South Carolina has been found. Sixteen-year-old Franklin “Eric” Clark’s body was recovered from Fripp Island waters today around noon.
He was reported missing around 2:30 p.m. Sunday after he and some friends went swimming in 8-foot deep water. His friends suspect he caught an undertow.
Clark was on a trip with his Thomas Worthington basketball team. The Beaufort County Coroner’s Office will perform an autopsy to confirm cause of death.
Breaking: Police continue to search for a central Ohio teen who went missing in the water off a coastal island in South Carolina. Eric Clark of Worthington was visiting Fripp Island with the Thomas Worthington basketball team when he went missing while swimming with friends. Everyone but Clark make it out of the water safely.
The water they were in was 8-foot deep. Clark’s friends believe he may have caught an undertow.
This was the third year Clark had visited Fripp Island with the Thomas Worthington basketball team.
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Eric Clark (#11 second row, second from right) pictured with his basketball team.
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