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Authorities identify man who drowned in Lake Mendota near UW Memorial Union

The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a statement that Layne Hailu, 22, of Madison, was the man whose body was found after a passerby notified police at about 5:40 a.m. Aug. 19 of what appeared to be a body floating in the water, just off a pier near Alumni Park.