Boy Found Dead After Drowning in Lake in LaGrange County

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says conservation officers recovered a teenager's body from a LaGrange County lake Sunday evening.

A boat belonging to an Indiana Conservation Officer. — Source: (Photo by Indiana DNR.)

LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says conservation officers recovered a teenager’s body from a LaGrange County lake Sunday evening.

Indiana Conservation Officers responded around 5 p.m. to a reported drowning at Witmer Lake, near State Road 9 and East 700 South. Investigators say the 16-year-old boy from Millersburg jumped off a boat into the water and never resurfaced. Other passengers jumped in to find him but were unsuccessful.

Conservation officers found the boy around 8:15 p.m. and pronounced him dead at the scene.

Officers are still investigating the incident.