Man recovered from lake in Lieber State Recreation Area

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

CLOVERDALE -- Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the apparent drowning of a 20-year-old Indianapolis man who reportedly wanted to see how far out into the lake he could swim.

Rosendo Colon-Claudio was pronounced dead Wednesday after he was swimming and did not resurface at the Cataract Lake beach inside Lieber State Recreation Area.

Witnesses say the victim, had expressed his intent to see how far out into the water he could swim.

Colon-Claudio was a returning to shore when he appeared to grow tired, and disappeared under the water a few yards from re-entering the boundary to the swimming area.

The beach has a designated swimming area marked with a floating rope boundary.

Indiana Conservation Officers were notified of the incident at 2:22 p.m. Wednesday after a friend of Colon-Claudio dialed 911.

Indiana Conservation Divers responded to the scene and recovered the victim at 3:02 p.m. CPR was administered on site.

The Putnam County Coroner declared Colon-Claudio dead at the scene.

Indiana Conservation Officers are still conducting an investigation on the incident but no foul play is suspected at this time.

An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday afternoon at Terre Haute Regional Hospital.

Responding agencies included the Putnam County Sheriff's Department, Cloverdale Police Department and Putnam County Operation Life Ambulance Service.

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