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UPDATED with identity of victim....... Body of man pulled from Midland Lake in Greene County

UPDATE on Tuesday morning, August 10, 2021: Indiana DNR has released the identity of the man who was pulled from Midland Lake in July. The body has been identified as that of William P. Hendrix, 56, of Linton, Indiana. At this time, the exact cause of death is pending autopsy results.

Story posted on GreeneStreets on July 20, 2021:

Jasonville - Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after a man’s body was pulled from Midland Lake in Greene County.

On Sunday morning at approximately 10:15 a.m., Greene County Dispatch received a 911 call of a person struggling in the water. Once on scene, a Jasonville police officer and a Clay City firefighter saw a man unresponsive in the water, swam to him, and brought him back to shore.

Greene County EMS transported him to the Greene County General Hospital, from where he was immediately flown to Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis, where he was later pronounced dead.

Identity is being withheld pending family notification. An exact cause of death is pending autopsy results.

Indiana Conservation Officers were assisted by Jasonville Police Department, Linton Police Department, Greene County Sheriff’s Department, Wright Township Fire Department, Greene County Emergency Medical Services, and the Linton Fire Department.