Indiana DNR: Body of 14-Year-Old Recovered in Lake Kesslerwood

Body of missing juvenile recovered from lake in Indianapolis

The body of the missing juvenile who went missing while swimming has been recovered from a lake in Indianapolis.

Body of 14-year-old boy recovered from lake on Indy's northeast side

INDIANAPOLIS Authorities have recovered the body of 14-year-old boy who went missing in a lake near Kessler Boulevard and Fall Creek Parkway on Sunday. He reportedly went under while swimming from a pontoon boat.According to the Indianapolis Fire Department, the dive rescue team was dispatched around 6:30 p.m. to Lake Kesslerwood East. Friends reported that the boy entered the water but did not resurface. The incident was later transitioned from…

Crews Search Lake Kesslerwood for Missing 14-Year-Old Boy

INDIANAPOLIS — Crews spent hours searching Lake Kesslerwood Sunday night after a 14-year-old boy went under and didn’t come back up. According to the Indianapolis Fire Department, the teen jumped off a pontoon boat in the 5800 block of Fall Creek Parkway North just before 6:30 p.m. His friends got in the water to help when they realized he wasn’t surfacing, but they couldn’t find him. Crews launched boats around 6:40 p.m. and had divers in the w…

IFD searching for body of 14-year-old in Lake Kesslerwood

Update (July 7, 2025) Officials with the law enforcement division of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said that the search for a missing Marion County juvenile at Lake Kesslerwood resumed Monday morning. Indiana conservation officers, along with law enforcement entities, searched with a side scan sonar, remote operated vehicle, sonar and divers for the juvenile. Assisting agencies included: Indianapolis Fire Department Indianapolis M…

Indiana DNR: Body of 14-year-old recovered in Lake Kesslerwood

Update (11:14 a.m. July 7, 2025) Officials with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources confirmed that the body of a 14-year-old has been recovered in Lake Kesslerwood. David Moss, an Indiana conservation officer, said that the teen reportedly jumped into the water to go swimming with friends on Sunday and did not come back up. Officials said the teen was located around 10:20 a.m. using a remote operated vehicle sonar. "Take water seriously …

14-year-old’s body recovered after going missing in Indianapolis lake

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says the body of a 14-year-old boy was recovered on Monday after he went missing while swimming in an Indianapolis lake on Sunday.