73-year-old dies of apparent drowning in Pickaway County
Circleville, Ohio (WCMH) – A 73-year-old man died of an apparent drowning in a Pickaway County pond on Friday afternoon. Around 3:18 p.m., the Pickaway County Communications Center received a 911 call from an Amazon driver who reported human remains in a pond on the 23000 block of Smith-Hulse Road. Law enforcement officials arrived at [...]
Circleville, Ohio (WCMH) – A 73-year-old man died of an apparent drowning in a Pickaway County pond on Friday afternoon.
Around 3:18 p.m., the Pickaway County Communications Center received a 911 call from an Amazon driver who reported human remains in a pond on the 23000 block of Smith-Hulse Road.
Law enforcement officials arrived at the home and discovered Louis Menduni Jr. in the pond. He was removed from the body of water and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office.
Detectives state it appears Menduni Jr. was mowing the grass around the pond when he slid backwards into the water. The case remains under investigation by the sheriff’s office.