NEW PARIS — A 69-year-old Syracuse man was identified as the victim Monday in Elkhart County.

The county coroner’s office said Phillip L. Hoover died in a private pond located near the 70000 block of County Road 29, which is southeast of New Paris.

A preliminary investigation concluded that Hoover fell into the pond as he attempted to rescue his dog that had fallen through the ice, Indiana State Police said in a news release.

Emergency personnel were able to rescue the dog.

Exactly when the accident happened on Monday was unclear.

Final reports are pending for the Elkhart County Coroner’s Office and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

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WARSAW — Emergency responders pulled a person from Center Lake early Saturday night.

According to the Warsaw Police Department, emergency personnel were dispatched to Central Park for a missing person. The situation rapidly evolved to a potential drowning.

Within two minutes of entering the lake, a Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory rescue diver found the 37-year-old man, who was resuscitated and stabilized.

The victim was airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital thereafter.

No other details were released.

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Kosciusko County Dispatch received a call at 10:59 p.m. Saturday, about a missing person near the 11100 block of Northeast Wawasee Drive, according to a news release from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

The family of the missing man said they had not seen him for about three hours.

Conservation officers arrived and began searching the shoreline and surrounding areas.

At 2:22 a.m. Sunday, the body of Riley Thoren, 21, was recovered by a conservation officer diver in 3 feet of water.

An exact cause of death is pending autopsy results.

Other assisting agencies included the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office and the Syracuse Police Department.

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SYRACUSE — A four-year-old drowned Sunday afternoon on Syracuse Lake, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

A DNR spokesperson says Kosciusko County Dispatchers were called around 4:45 p.m. about a 4-year-old who went missing along East North Shore Drive, near Syracuse Lake.

They say officers with the Syracuse Police Department arrived shortly after being called and pulled the child out from under a pier, in three feet of water.

Officers gave the child CPR before they were taken to Goshen Hospital, where they were later pronounced dead.

DNR says preliminary investigation shows the child wandered outside of the home they were visiting, and a parent called 911 after not finding the child.

The child had been missing for about 20 minutes, conservation officers believe, according to the DNR.

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WARSAW — An investigation into the death of 64-year-old Mike Long indicates the Kosciusko County Councilman and farmer died Thursday afternoon in an accidental drowning on family property south of Etna Green.

Kosciusko County deputies and emergency personnel responded at about 5 pm., to a report of an unresponsive person in a ditch suffering from a medical emergency, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.

The incident happened at 375 N. 950 W where emergency responders found Long's body.

A preliminary investigation determined Long was checking fields on property owned by the Long family.

Long was found near a ditch line where evidence indicates Long accidentally drowned.

A report from the sheriff's office said emergency personnel arrived on the scene and Long was pronounced dead by Kosciusko County Coroner Tyler Huffer.

Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Etna Green Fire
Department, Atwood Fire Department, Department of Natural Resources,
Lutheran EMS, Kosciusko County 911 Dispatch, and Kosciusko County Coroner’s
Office.

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WARSW — A GoFundMe site has been set up for victims of a drowning tragedy in Warsaw over the Labor Day weekend.

The incident on North Gilliam Drive left one child dead and another hospitalized. 

The two children were pulled from a channel behind a home that leads to Center Lake in Warsaw

Warsaw Police did not release names or ages, but details and a photo were included on the GoFundMe page.

As of Tuesday morning, the site had collected more than $15,000.

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WARSAW — A young person drowned Sunday afternoon after two minors were pulled from a channel behind Gilliam Drive in Warsaw.

The accident was reported at about 12:27 p.m.

The home at Gilliam Drive North is located along a channel that feeds into Center Lake.

Warsaw Police Department, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory and Lutheran EMS were dispatched to the scene on the northwest side of Center Lake.

The two victims had been pulled from the water and resuscitative efforts were underway as the initial crews arrived, according to a news release from Warsaw Police Department.

One victim was airlifted by Lutheran Air Ambulance from nearby Central Park and remains in critical condition in a Fort Wayne hospital.

The other victim was transported to Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital and pronounced deceased a short time later.

Additional resources from Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory CARES, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, and Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office responded.

Due to the sensitivity of the incident and the ongoing investigation, all names are being withheld. 

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NAPPANEE — An investigation is underway after a 10-year-old boy drowned at Nappanee Public Pool on Tuesday, the Fourth of July.

The family told police Kymani Emmanuel Collier went under the water around 4:45 p.m. at the pool. Lifeguards retrieved him and performed CPR.

Family members say Kymani had a faint heartbeat during chest compressions and was eventually taken off life support.

The Elkhart County Homicide Unit is handling the investigation.

Phil Jenkins, the mayor of Nappanee, issued a statement saying their hearts go out to the family and friends affected by this incident. We are deeply saddened by this unfortunate event and are fully committed to working with everyone affected by this tragedy.”

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