Fairfield County Coroner Dr. Brian Varney ruled the death of a man found at Buckeye Lake on August 10 to be "an accidental death due to drowning."
According to Fairfield County Sheriff Alex Lape, deputies were dispatched to the lake around 12:20 p.m.
Deputies and officers from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources arrived on scene and located the 72-year-old man's body. The sheriff's office said a family member initially found the man partially submerged in the water.
It is unknown exactly how long the man was in the water. Lape said foul play is not suspected.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The original version of this story shared inaccurate information given to 10TV by the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office specific to who found the man. The Fairfield County Sheriff's Office subsequently corrected its error, informed 10TV and this story was updated with the correct information.
