Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after recovering the body of a female from Robinson Lake in Lake County.
On Sunday at 12:53 p.m., emergency personnel were dispatched to the beach area near the 5200 block of Liverpool Road in Hobart per a report of two swimmers struggling in the water.
One, a male, was rescued by a witness. The other, a woman, went missing in the water and did not resurface.
At 3:03 p.m., a DNR Law Enforcement diver located and recovered the woman with assistance from the Merrillville Fire Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Department divers. The woman was pronounced dead on the scene. Her identity is being withheld due to the ongoing investigation.
Other assisting agencies include the Hobart Police Department, Hobart Fire Department, Crown Point Fire Department, Cedar Lake Fire Department, Lake Hills Fire Department, Lake Station Fire Department, Superior Ambulance, and Lake County Coroner’s Office.