Editor’s note: This story was updated at 7:44 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25.
There were three unexpected deaths in Hamilton County over the weekend. Two were drownings and one was the result of a single-vehicle accident.
Fishers drowning
On Saturday night, Fishers police responded to a call that a body had been discovered in a local pond near 116th Street and Cumberland Road.
According to Hamilton County Chief Deputy Corner Thurl Cecil, the body has been identified as Jesse Randall, 31, Fishers.
There was no indication of foul play involved in Randall’s death. No toxicology reports have been released at this time and the investigation is still ongoing.
Atlanta drowning
At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department assisted Jackson Township Fire with a call to Crooked Creek Avenue northeast of Cicero.
David Allan Murphy, 78, Atlanta, was found at the bottom of a pool by his wife. Murphy had a history of heart conditions. Cecil told The Reporter that Murphy most likely suffered a medical episode before falling into the pool.
Noblesville car accident
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A single-vehicle accident on Friday morning at the dead end of Presley Drive in Noblesville left one man deceased, though his body was not located until Monday.
Noblesville Police responded to the scene where a vehicle had struck the concrete barricades at the end of Presley Drive, near the edge of Noblesville city limits. No one was in the vehicle when police arrived.
An initial search of the area turned up no evidence of anyone from the vehicle.
Because the search area was widened to include the unincorporated area outside Noblesville, on Monday both the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department and Hamilton County EMA assisted Noblesville PD with a search that led to the discovery of the body of the white male driver, whose name has not been yet been released, approximately 100 feet from the scene of the accident.
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Ryan McClain told The Reporter, “It looks like he was, for whatever reason, leaving the scene and made it about 100 feet into a field, which was out of Noblesville jurisdiction. That is where he was found, deceased.”
Hamilton County EMA assisted with aerial camera drones to both help find the driver and to map the area between the accident and where the body was located.
McClain said toxicology reports are still pending, but the autopsy showed the injuries were consistent with a vehicle accident and there is no foul play suspected.
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department was able to contact family members who were able to positively identify both the driver and the vehicle.
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