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Autopsy Scheduled Today After Teen's Body Pulled From White River

Last updated on Monday, August 10, 2015

(WILLIAMS) - An autopsy is scheduled today on 15-year-old Graden McFarlen.

Shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday, a fisherman discovered the body in White River in Williams and contacted the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies and Indiana Conservation officers responded to the scene and pulled McFarlen's body out of the water a short time later from the White River Slough near State Road 450.

The Lawrence County Coroner's Office took possession of McFarlan's body, and an autopsy will be performed today.

Anyone with information related to this investigation is encouraged to contact Indiana Conservation Officers' Central dispatch at (812) 837-9536 or Lawrence County Sheriff's Department dispatch at (812) 275-3316.

Assisting agencies at the scene included Indiana State Police, Williams Volunteer Fire Department and IU Health Ambulance.

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