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Body Found In Reservoir Identified

Last updated on Wednesday, February 29, 2012

(LAGRO)(AP) - The man found dead Monday at Salamonie Reservoir in Wabash County has has been identified, and investigators said he had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

DNR officers said an Indiana State Police trooper found the body of 58-year-old Lorn Joy, Huntington, on Monday near the man's vehicle along a road at the reservoir about 30 miles southwest of Fort Wayne.

After an autopsy Tuesday, the Wabash County Coroner's Office ruled Joy died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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