SULLIVAN CO., Ind. - The body found in the Wabash River and taken ashore in Indiana has been identified as that of a man from Lawrenceville missing since Tuesday.
Indiana authorities advised yesterday (Friday, July 13) that the body of David Overbay, 49 of Lawrenceville was discovered Wednesday night, July 11, by a boater in the river about midway between downstream from Hutsonville, located in Crawford County, Ill., and Merom in Sullivan County, Ind.
Map showing location of both Hutsonville, Ill., to the north, and Merom, Ind., to the south; at about the midway point is where Overbay's body was found
The boater made a 911 call and Sullivan County Sheriff Clark Cottom said that his department spent the next couple of days "piecing together" what happened and how Overbay ended up where he did: It appears that Overbay's truck broke down and someone - either Overbay or a passerby - contacted authorities. However, before police could arrive, Overbay inexplicably tried to swim across the Wabash River, where autopsy reports show he drowned.
There are toxicology and other tests pending.