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  One male drowned in a private pond in Ripley County.   
      
  Details of Investigation/ Incident:   
  On June 25, 2022, at 17:49 hours Ripley County Dispatch received numerous 911 hang-ups. Dispatchers were unable to communicate due to a language barrier. I, Indiana Conservation Officer, overheard the radio traffic from Ripley County Dispatch of the 911 hang up call near a pond. Ripley County Dispatch sent Deputies to the location of the 911 calls. I advised Ripley County Dispatch that I would be enroute to that location. I notified ICO Dispatch of the possible drowning and that I would be enroute. Ripley county deputies arrived on scene and began life saving measures on the victim, but advised he appeared to be deceased.    
      
  At approximately 18:23 hours I arrived on scene. I had to travel down a dirt trail through the woods. As I traveled down the trail, I observed several first responder vehicles and small finger of water branching from a larger lake. I approached and seen life saving measures being taken place on Victim. After approximately five minutes after my arrival life saving measures were stopped and Victim was pronounced deceased by Ripley County EMS. Ripley County Sheriff's Deputy advised Ripley County dispatch to notify the coroner. I notified ICO Dispatch that the victim had been pronounced deceased.   
      
  At approximately 18:37 hours Indiana Conservation Officer arrived on scene. We began to document the scene and gather information. In the small finger of water, I seen three dead standing trees in the water and a tan colored kayak overturned in the water. In close vicinity to the standing trees, along the bank, I observed the victim laying on his back wearing camouflage cargo style pants, a green long sleeve shirt and black lace up boots. In front of the victim I saw where mud had been dragged out of the pond and the grass matted down, where the victim had been drug from the pond. I saw several distraught Hispanic males. One of the males was covered in mud and his clothing was wet.   
      
  Officer began to gather information and statements from the Hispanic males who witnessed the incident. He also gathered a statement from Deputy who was first on scene. I photographed the scene and returned to assist Officer.   
      
  We interviewed several witnesses, all but one did not speak English. We interviewed a witness named Subject1, who spoke very little English but was understandable. He served as our translator for interviewing the other witnesses. All three of the witnesses stated they were on the other side of the lake. Two on the dam and one directly across from the victim on a peninsula. They observed Victim overturn his kayak and go straight underwater and not resurface. Subject1, who recovered Victim from the bottom of the lake, saw the incident happen and ran to the other side which took approximately five minutes to run to the side of the victim. He said he jumped in the water and recovered Victim who was under the water for approximately 10 to 15 minutes. He thought that the water was approximately 10 to 15 feet deep. He said that Victim had consumed alcoholic beverages earlier in the day. He also stated that they had permission from the landowner to be down there to fish.    
      
  The Ripley County Coroner arrived and took possession of the deceased victim and transported him to the Hamilton County, Ohio Coroner's Office. An autopsy was scheduled for 10:00 am Saturday June 25, 2022.    
      
  Officer and I returned to the scene to gather an accurate depth of the area of water where the incident took place. We measured the depth to be approximately 7 feet deep. We also found a small sleeve like bag full of unopened alcoholic beverages near the scene.   
      
  On June 25, 2022, Officer and I attended the autopsy at the Hamilton County Ohio Coroner's office. Preliminary findings suggest that Victim had drown due to water found in his lungs, stomach, and nasal cavities.   
     
  Final coroner report is pending along with toxicology reports.   	   
       
      
      
      
   
  