Coroner Rules Drowning As Accidental

Evansville IN

07 August, 2021

9:56 AM

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By Steve Burger, WNIN Aug. 7, 2021 Indiana Conservation Officers have released a cause of death in an incident at a Princeton swimming pool this week, but are reluctant to release any other information in their ongoing investigation. The cause of death of the girl whose body was pulled from the pool at the Princeton Aquatic Center Tuesday evening was accidental drowning. Gibson County Coroner Barrett Doyle made the ruling. However, that's all he will say about the incident. When I asked him if the victim's name and age are being released, he referred me to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, which is investigating the incident. Matthew Clark, with DNR Law Enforcement, says it is DNR policy not to release the names of juvenile victims. He characterized the drowning incident as "complex" and said the case is still active. He declined to release any further information. We will update this story as more information is available. More details are coming out about the settlement, including the amount. Vanderburgh County Commissioners Tuesday voted to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit against Prosecutor Nicholas Hermann. Commissioners reversed themselves after their July decision to hire the firm to handle public inquiries. With the expiration of the Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 moratorium on evictions over the weekend, local housing organizations are scrambling to find new funding to help renters and mortgage holders stay in their homes. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.