CARROLL COUNTY, Indiana — Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the death of a West Lafayette man after his body was recovered from the Tippecanoe River.
Carroll County Dispatch received a 911 call about a possible drowning in the 600 block of North 1225 West shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday.
Witnesses told police a man was swimming when he began to struggle, went under the water, and never resurfaced.
Sunday night, boaters found a body in the area where the man went missing.
The Carroll County Coroner's office identified the victim as 19-year-old Jose Salvador Chihuaque-Amaro.