Swimmer discovered lifeless in Guthrie County’s Diamond Head Lake

The physique of a 35-year-old man was recovered from a Guthrie County Lake about 3 1/2 hours after he was seen struggling whereas swimming, then didn’t resurface, the Stuart Fire Department says,

The division stated in a information launch that searchers discovered the person’s physique in Diamond Head Lake, between Stuart and Redfield, shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23. His identify was not launched and the fireplace division stated the demise stays underneath investigation.

The launch stated witnesses instructed authorities the person was swimming past a roped-off swimming space when he started to wrestle, then went underneath. They known as the 911 emergency quantity and the fireplace division was alerted about 4:40 p.m.

The division with the assistance of boaters on the lake used a sonar gadget to attempt to discover the person, the discharge stated. It stated the Midwest Regional Dive Team, whose help the division requested, arrived at 6:25 p.m. and located the physique within the space the place the person had final been seen. It was recovered at 8:09 p.m. and brought to the Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny for an post-mortem.

In addition to the dive workforce, businesses aiding included Stuart Rescue, Stuart police, Adair, Audubon and Guthrie county emergency administration, the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the discharge stated.