FERRISBURGH, Vt. — Vermont State Police divers recovered the body of a Burlington man from Kingsland Bay on Lake Champlain in Ferrisburgh Tuesday, ending a search that began when he fell from a small fishing boat Saturday, state police said.

Police identified the man as Douglas Brooks, 48, of Burlington. The state police Underwater Recovery Team found the body at about 12:40 p.m., and crews brought it to shore, police said. It was taken to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Burlington, which will perform an autopsy to confirm the man's identity and determine the cause and manner of death.

Brooks went into the bay at about 4 p.m. Saturday, police said. A companion who was also on the boat told police Brooks was not wearing a life jacket. The companion tried to find him, but he did not resurface, according to police.

Wardens from the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Ferrisburgh Fire Department responded to the bay that afternoon, and the Coast Guard searched through the night, police said. State police divers, the Coast Guard and a U.S. Border Patrol airplane crew searched Sunday, and crews returned Monday without finding him. An underwater recovery team from the New York State Police assisted Tuesday.

Police said when Brooks was first reported missing that there was no indication his disappearance was suspicious.

The Signal reported Saturday that a 48-year-old Burlington man was missing after falling from a fishing boat into Kingsland Bay, and that state police were withholding his name until his relatives were notified.

Earlier coverage: Burlington man missing after falling from fishing boat into Lake Champlain

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