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Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after recovering the body of a Ligonier man from Engle Lake in Noble County Monday.
At 8:50 a.m., officers were notified of a missing person, Michael W. Vinson, 47, of Ligonier, who had not returned home from a fishing trip to the lake.
Officers on scene found a kayak, paddle and fishing equipment floating in the water and, using a side-scan sonar, located Vinson’s body in the water.
At 4 p.m., Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement divers recovered Vinson’s body in 25 feet of water.
This incident is still under investigation.
Indiana Conservation Officers remind the public to always wear a life jacket when on or around the water.
Assisting agencies were the Noble County Sheriff’s Department, Sparta Township Fire Department and Ligonier Fire Department.
