INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after the body of a 15-year-old boy was recovered from the Wabash River, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources reported Monday.
On Sunday, DNR said a group of juveniles were wading and swimming in the Wabash River just north of Montezuma, which is a town about 25 miles north of Terre Haute.
At 7:23 p.m., Parke County 911 received a call that a juvenile male was missing in the water.
Witness statements reportedly helped Indiana Conservation Officers narrow down a search area. Officers using divers and sonar searched the area and recovered the victim at 12:30 a.m. Monday morning in 7 feet of water, according to DNR.
An autopsy was performed, and the preliminary results were consistent with drowning, according to officials.
The name of the teen was not released.