RUSSELL COUNTY – Authorities have released the name of the victim of Sunday’s drowning accident at Wilson Lake.

Cody J. Maris, 35, Great Bend died early Sunday morning after he attempted to swim to a boat that had come loose and was floating away.

According to the Russell County Sheriff’s Department, several 911 calls were received around 1:20 a.m. to report Maris was missing. At approximately 7:20 a.m., searchers recovered the body of a man who was identified as the missing swimmer.