Florence County officials have identified the missing swimmer whose body was discovered Wednesday morning by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources’ dive team.

Florence County Coroner Keith Von Lutcken says the man is 24-year-old Rishawn Lee Wilson of the Scranton area. Divers recovered Wilson’s body around 9 a.m. from the Lynches River in Florence County.

Florence County Sheriff’s Captain Mike Nunn said Wilson was missing from the area of Cockfield Landing off Old Georgetown Highway near Coward after swimming with a woman around 11 p.m. Tuesday night.

Wilson went under the water and did not come back up, according to Florence County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Glenn Kirby. Kirby adds the woman with whom Wilson was swimming called 911, and officers were called to the scene.

“People just coming to these landings and drowning…that’s something that doesn’t happen too often,” said Larry Filyew, who nears the landing.

He rushed there as soon as he heard the news, fearing it could’ve been a family member of his own.

“Yea, I got 4 kids.  I feel for the family, I do.  And I was going to come down here and see if there was any way we could help them.  If they hadn’t found him me and friend were going to walk back and get our boat and help look for him,” Filyew mentioned.

“Most of these landings it might be deep in one spot and on over you can walk waist deep and you go over 15 feet and you just drop right off.  They might not be familiar with it,” he added.

While he says it’s been over 10 years since the last drowning at this particular landing, this is the second drowning in the past two weeks in the Pee Dee alone.

The last one happened in the Great Pee Dee River after a man overturned his boat.

“I feel for them I do.  Anybody with family and they love them like I do…and I do I feel for them,” said Filyew.

Wilson’s body will be sent to MUSC in Charleston to be autopsied on Friday. Authorities say foul play is not expected at this time. The incident is under investigation by the Florence County Coroner’s Office and SCDNR.

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