Bennington man recovered from private pond (Ohio County)

Incident is still under investigation

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(Dillsboro, Ind.) Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after a man was recovered from a private pond yesterday evening.

At approximately 7:53 p.m., authorities were dispatched to a property on Bells Branch Road in reference to a male swimmer that went under the water and never resurfaced.

At 12:48 a.m., the body of Weston Ellis, 39, was recovered in approximately 10 feet of water.

This incident is still under investigation and an exact cause of death is pending autopsy results.

Conservation Officers were assisted in scene by the Ohio County Sheriff’s Department, Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department, Switzerland County Sheriff’s Department, Dillsboro Police Department, Ohio County EMS, Rising Sun Fire Department, Bear Branch Fire Department, and Indiana State Police.