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UPDATE: Indiana DNR Locates Body Of Missing Swimmer In Bass Lake In Starke County

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Today the Indiana DNR announced that after two days of searching, the body of a man who went missing in Bass Lake was recovered.

(Read the release below.) 

Recovery of the body of Anthony Cohn, a swimmer who went missing at Bass Lake on June 2, has been made. 

At approximately 6 a.m. today, members of the Bass Lake Fire Department located Cohn’s body while searching near the area where he was last seen. 

Indiana Conservation Officers responded to the scene and were assisted by the Starke County Sheriff’s Department and the Starke County Coroner’s Office. 

Cohn went under the water at Bass Lake after attempting to reach his boat that had pulled free from a sandbar. His family has been notified.

ORIGINAL POST;

The Indiana DNR is searching for a missing man in Bass Lake. 

(You can read the DNR's release below.)

 

Bass Lake, Indiana – Indiana Conservation Officers are searching Bass Lake for a missing Bass Lake resident.

Anthony Cohn, 37, was standing on a sandbar yesterday when the wind released the anchor of the boat he was with from the sand. The boat began to rapidly float away, and Cohn swam after it. He entered deeper water and went under the surface. He did not return to the surface, and 911 was called.

Conservation Officers were notified at approximately 2:45 p.m. yesterday. Conservation officers and other emergency personnel immediately responded to the area and began a search.

Conservation Officers conducted searches with sonar equipment and dive personnel from multiple agencies until sunset last night. The search will resume this morning as weather allows. The public is asked to avoid the area while the search continues.