UPDATE — The man whose body was recovered from the Ohio River in Lawrenceburg Tuesday afternoon has been identified as 61-year-old Nelson William Lang of Cincinnati.
Original story (July 20, 2022) —
LAWRENCEBURG, IN — Indiana Conservation Officers (ICO) are investigating a man’s death after his body was recovered from the Ohio River in Lawrenceburg Tuesday.
Conservation Officers were called to the river near a floating restaurant in Lawrenceburg around 10:40 am Tuesday after a man went underwater and never resurfaced.
Witnesses say the victim struggled and they tried to throw flotation devices to him before he went underwater.
Emergency personnel responded and began a search, which culminated around 4 pm when ICO divers recovered the victim’s body about 40 yards from shore in 17 feet of water.
The man’s identity is being withheld pending family notification.
An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of death.
In addition to ICO, responding agencies included Dearborn County Water Rescue, the Lawrenceburg Police Department, the Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office, the Dearborn County Coroner’s Office, Lawrenceburg Fire and EMS, the Greendale and Aurora fire departments, Indiana State Police, and the Hamilton County (Ohio) Police Association Dive Team.
