May 18, 2013

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Reporter: Associated Press - Posted by Suzie Gilbert

Man, 41, Drowns At Kanopolis Reservoir

KANOPOLIS, Kan. (AP) _ A 41-year-old Lyons man has drowned at a central Kansas lake.

Ellsworth County Sheriff Tracy Ploutz says John Freeman III drowned Saturday at Kanopolis Reservoir. Ploutz said Freeman had been at a lake campground with a friend when he went for a swim. The sheriff says people at another campsite then found Freeman's s body at a nearby beach.

The Hutchinson News reports (http://bit.ly/Ku4u91 ) that an autopsy has been planned.