First responders recovered the body of Auburn University Chaplain Rev. Chette Williams at Kowaliga Restaurant.
ALEA issused a press release Monday morning naming Williams as the victim of a Sunday drowning on Lake Martin.
Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said Williams fell into the water from the docks Sunday evening.
“(He) thought the restaurant was open and stopped for dinner,” Franklin said. “When (he) found out it was closed for a private party they went to get back on the boat and leave. When he stepped across, he fell in the water.”
Franklin said he suspects Williams, 61, went into shock because of the water temperature.
Williams body was recovered around 7:15 Sunday. His body has been sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for an autopsy.
