(KAIR)--A Platte County, Missouri man who drowned last week in Houston Lake has been identified.

The Platte County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday identified the victim as 52-year-old Eric Stephens, of Houston Lake, Missouri.

According to a release, the Sheriff's Office responded to the lake in southern Platte County the evening of June 26 on the report of a possible drowning.

Upon arrival, deputies located Stephens floating in the water near the dock.

Stephens was removed from the water and transported to North Kansas City Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Sheriff's Office said Stephen's appeared to have been fishing before his death.

The incident remains under investigation, but foul play is not suspected.