MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Mon County Sheriff’s Department has identified the Cheat
Lake drowning victim as Zion Rogers, 20, of Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.
A report from police says Rogers was attempting to swim to a concrete
pier around 7:40 p.m. Tuesday in the Backwater area near Morgan Run when he went
under and did not resurface. Divers from Morgantown and Marion County recovered
his body about 90-minutes later.