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Rescue crews locate body of man who went missing while swimming with friends at Lake Monroe

Rescue crews unable to locate man who went missing while swimming with friends at Lake Monroe
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MONROE COUNTY, Ind. -- After a two-day search crews located the body of a Bloomington man who went missing while swimming at Monroe Reservoir on Friday. 

Officials with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources say Anup Thota, 26, was swimming with friends around 7 p.m. when a storm came through and he disappeared under water.

Emergency teams searched the waters for Thota all day Saturday and Sunday, using side-scan sonar and underwater cameras. 

Thota's body was recovered in about 15 feet of water near the area he had been swimming around 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening.

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