Great Miami River Death – The WCPO media partner WHIO have confirmed that the body of the man who drowned in the Great Miami River on Tuesday, August 11 has been found.
According to the report, the yet to be identified man’s body has been taken to the Butler County Coroner’s Office after he was found in Middletown.
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In the report of the Middletown Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Spaulding to WHIO , the fire and police crews responded to the scene about 5:30 p.m. on a report that someone swimming in the river had disappeared and did not resurface.
Rescue operation was conducted for several hours before the man was found about 16 feet under water, says the Butler County Sheriff’s Office
The decease who was a local resident as at the time of the incident was not wearing a life jacket, says Spaulding.