Deputies Investigating After Body Found in Proud Lake Recreation Area

(OCSO, Feb. 16, 2026)

Commerce Township, MI – Oakland County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was discovered this morning near Proud Lake in Commerce Township.

Deputies were notified shortly before 9 a.m. today that the body of a man was found near the lake on Wixom Road.

The man was believed to be in his 20s.

The body was discovered by a person who was visiting the park. Further information will be released as the investigation proceeds.

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