At 10:34 a.m. Thursday, May 20th morning, Conservation Officers with assistance from the Steuben County Sheriff’s Department located the body of Duane Bowman III.
His family has been notified. An exact cause of death is pending autopsy results.
Release as of May 19, 2021 at 8:51 p.m.
(Stroh) Indiana Conservation Officers are currently searching Little Turkey Lake for a missing boater.
At 9:18 a.m., a lake resident called 911 after discovering an unoccupied boat adrift on the lake, personal belongings on the shore, and an unoccupied vehicle with a trailer at the Little Turkey Lake Public Access Site.
Conservation Officers responded to the area and began search efforts. The missing boater has been identified as Duane Bowman III, 69, of Howe.
Conservation Officers will continue their search efforts throughout the evening and resume search efforts in the morning if needed.
Conservation Officers were assisted on scene by the Lagrange County Sheriff’s Department, Wolcottville Police Department, Lagrange County Code Enforcement, and the Stroh Volunteer Fire Department.