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Body found in Grand River by search party looking for Hunter Klompstra

Officials have not confirmed the identity of the body, pending an autopsy.

The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office said a body has been recovered from the Grand River by a search party looking for 18-year-old Hunter Klompstra, who disappeared on Jan. 1. 

Friends and family organized a search party to look for Klompstra on Saturday. Around 11:23 a.m. the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office was called to Leonard Street after the search party located a possible body in the water. 

Deputies confirmed it was a body and a dive team removed the body from the water. Officials have not confirmed the identity of the body, pending an autopsy. 

Klompstra was last seen in the early hours of Jan. 1 at a New Year's Eve party in Coopersville near the Grand River. He left the party around 2 a.m.

Since then, the sheriff's office, friends and family have been searching for him in that area. 

A GoFundMe was created to raise money for Klompstra's family.

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