For Immediate Release
5/4/2021
Water Rescue/Death
Date: 5/5/2021
Location: Spy Run Ave./Lafayette St.
Time: 8:41 am
Details:
On May 4th, 2021 at approximately 8:41 am FWPD Officers, Fire Personnel, DNR Officers and Medics were notified of a possible body floating in the Maumee River in the area of Spy Run Ave. and Lafayette St. First Responders began searching the area; drones, water craft, and foot canvassing were used in an effort to locate the body.
The adult male body was located by a drone on the Southside of the river snarled in underbrush. Department of Natural Resource Officers made the scene and took over the investigation because waterways are their jurisdiction. The body was pulled from the river by DNR and Fire rescue personnel and transported to the Northeast Indiana Forensic Center by Midwest funeral home; where an autopsy will be performed.
The Coroner’s Office will release the cause and manner of death, as well as the identity of the deceased pending the result of the autopsy and next of kin notification.
This incident remains under investigation by the Department of Natural Resources.
Sergeant Jeremy Webb
Public Information Officer
Fort Wayne Police Department