Warsaw police and conservation officers from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources are investigating a boating accident on Winona Lake this morning that claimed the life of a Warsaw man.
A Warsaw woman called police at 4:17 a.m. today to report her husband missing. She told police that his boat also was missing, but that it was not unusual for her husband to take the boat out in the pre-dawn hours.Later this morning, a small fishing boat was found capsized near a point approximately a quarter mile east of the boat ramp at the Kosciusko County fairgrounds.
At 9 a.m., a man's body was found on shore approximately 100 yards west of the boat ramp.
Police said it appears the boat capsized out in the lake and the man was able to reach shore before being overcome by water, wind and cold.
Temperatures overnight hovered in the single digits with a low of 6.3 degrees and winds were gusting to 35 miles per hour.
The name of the victim is not being released, pending the notification of family members.
