Update: Search underway for two missing men on Lake Michigan (Lake County)

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Indiana Department of Natural Resources

402 W. Washington St.

Indianapolis, IN 46204

 

For immediate release: July 12, 2024

 

Update: Search underway for two missing men on Lake Michigan (Lake County)

The bodies of Eduardo Rivera Jr., 45, and Salvador Lopez, 32, both of Elk Grove, Ill., were recovered this afternoon from Lake Michigan.

Both victims were located approximately one and a half miles from where they were last seen on July 5.

Update as of July 9, 2024, at 11:28 a.m.

Search efforts are ongoing for two men who went missing in the waters of Lake Michigan on July 5. New information will be released as it becomes available. 

Update as of July 6, 2024, at 10:53 a.m.

Indiana Conservation Officers are searching for two men in the waters of Lake Michigan after they went missing yesterday. A third man was found and released after receiving medical treatment.

At approximately 2:40 p.m. CT, conservation officers began their search, responding to a report that two people were missing after jumping from their boat near Hammond. Officers located the boat nearly two and a half miles off the shore of Whiting and were advised that an additional man was missing but wearing a life jacket.  

A multi-agency search was initiated for the area and at approximately 4:30 p.m. CT, the U.S. Coast Guard located the missing man wearing a life jacket. He was transported to an area hospital and later released.

The search for the other two missing men is still underway. Their identities are being withheld at this time pending family notification.

Weather conditions in the area are hampering search efforts due to strong winds and high waves. 

Assisting agencies include the U.S. Coast Guard Marine and Aviation Units, Lake County Sheriff’s Department Marine and Aviation Units, the Hammond Fire Department, the Hammond Police Department, and the Hammond Port Authority.

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Media Contact:  Indiana Conservation Officer Alex Neel, DNR Law Enforcement, 317-954-3818, aneel@dnr.IN.gov