No ID yet on body found in Lake Sakakawea

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Bismarck, ND) -- Authorities are continuing to work to identify a body found in Lake Sakakawea.

The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Ankara Nation Emergency Operations Center says an angler found the body Saturday morning along the eastern shoreline about three miles south of Four Bears Bridge. Authorities have been searching for 64-year-old Charles Bearstail, whose truck was found at the Four Bears Park Point the day he was reported missing in April.

Investigators say he may have gone onto the lake and was known to participate in outdoor activities.