PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. (KFVS) - Police are investigating after a southern Illinois man’s body was pulled from a lake on Saturday, September 27.

According to the Pinckneyville Police Department, a 36-year-old Mount Vernon man launched his boat into the Pinckneyville City Lake from the boat ramp.

It began drifting into “open water,” and another man, identified as 35-year-old Jedidiah Loman from Bluford, Ill., began swimming out from the ramp toward the boat.

Police say a dive team later found Loman’s body in 13 feet of water in the lake.

The investigation is ongoing, and they are awaiting autopsy results.

The Pinckneyville Fire Department, Perry County Sheriff’s Office, Pinkneyville Ambulance Service, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police, Illinois State Police, Perr

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