The search for the executive director of a Jewish old-age home in Connecticut was called off when his body was discovered in a Colorado lake. Local police said Rick Wallace had drowned accidentally after drinking alcohol. Wallace, who worked for the Jewish Home for the Aged in New Haven, Conn., disappeared March 14 while attending a conference in Colorado of the Association of Jewish Aging Services.
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