NOBLE CO. – Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after recovering the body of a Ligonier man from Engle Lake in Noble County on Monday, September 16.

At 8:50 a.m., officers were notified of a missing person, Michael W. Vinson, 47, of Ligonier, who had not returned home from a fishing trip to the lake.

Officers on scene found a kayak, paddle, and fishing equipment floating in the water and, using a side-scan sonar, located Vinson’s body in the water.

At 4:00 p.m., Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement divers recovered Vinson’s body in 25 feet of water.

This incident is still under investigation.

Indiana Conservation Officers remind the public to always wear a life jacket when on or around the water.

Assisting agencies were the Noble County Sheriff’s Department, S

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