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Man, 41, drowns at Kanopolis Reservoir
Published on -6/11/2012, 7:32 AM
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KANOPOLIS, Kan. (AP) -- A 41-year-old Lyons man has drowned at a central Kansas lake.
Ellsworth County Sheriff Tracy Ploutz says John Freeman III drowned Saturday at Kanopolis Reservoir. Ploutz said Freeman had been at a lake campground with a friend when he went for a swim. The sheriff says people at another campsite then found Freeman's s body at a nearby beach.
The Hutchinson News reports (http://bit.ly/Ku4u91 ) that an autopsy has been planned.
