June 6 (UPI) -- Authorities on Friday night recovered the body of a 17-year-old after his small unmanned boat was found in a lake north of Atlanta one day earlier.

Around 5 p.m., the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said they found the body of Jackson Cole Croft of Woodstock. Family members embraced one another at the scene, WXIA reported.

The agency earlier Friday identified the missing boater as Croft of Woodstock after the empty boat was found circling near the Little River area of Allatoona Lake on Thursday night. The lake is 37 miles north of Atlanta.

At 5:20 p.m. Thursday, crews from Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services responded after receiving a call about a boat spinning in place without a visible operator. Responders stopped and secured the boat.

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