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Body recovered from Lake Michigan has been identified By: Matt Nagy
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. Indiana Conservation Officers and the LaPorte County Coroner’s Office reported that they have identified the body that was recovered from Lake Michigan on Tuesday.
The identity of the victim is currently being withheld as officials wait for notification from the victim’s next of kin.
An autopsy completed Wednesday shows the victim’s cause of death is consistent with drowning, the Indiana DNR says.
Indiana DNR reported that the United States Coast Guard responded and recovered the man from Lake Michigan at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Body recovered from Lake Michigan By: Matt Nagy
The Coast Guard recovered the body just offshore from the Michigan City Lighthouse, the DNR says.
The DNR reports the man is described to be white or Hispanic with dark hair and was wearing dark shorts and white tennis shoes.
The Indiana Conservation Officers and the LaPorte County Coroner’s Office will continue investigating this case.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Indiana Conservation Officers Central Dispatch Center at 812-837-9536. Share this article:
Investigation launched following the death of an inmate at La Porte County Jail
On Tuesday, Ohms was found unresponsive inside his cell by a Jail Division member, the office reported.
Jail staff immediately began to aid and render resuscitation efforts until La Porte County Emergency Services arrived.
Ohms was transported by ambulance to Northwest Health, a hospital in La Porte.
At 7:29 a.m. on Tuesday, Ohms was pronounced deceased by medical staff, reports said.
On Monday evening, Ohms allegedly surrendered himself to the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office. Ohms was then booked into the county jail to begin serving a series of one-day sentences.