Marion County Coroner identifies one of the two people found in Indianapolis waterways
A kayaker found a dead body in Fall Creek on the afternoon of May 26, according to officials with the Lawrence Police Department.
Officers received a call about the body floating in the water near 9500 Fall Creek Road at about 4:15 p.m. The kayaker spotted the body near the Upper Fall Creek Loop Trail.
On May 27, the Marion County coroner's office identified the body as 55-year-old Andrew W. Nevers.
Police said it appeared as if the body had been in the water for quite some time and they do not suspect foul play.
This was the second body pulled from a Marion County waterway on Monday, after the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department found a man in the White River earlier that day.
Contact IndyStar reporter Noe Padilla at npadilla@indystar.com, follow him on X @1NoePadilla or on Bluesky @noepadilla.bsky.social.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Coroner identifies man found in Fall Creek on Monday
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