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Search still underway for missing man at Monroe Lake Monday afternoon

Staff report

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — August 18, 2025

Authorities are searching Monroe Lake for a 27-year-old man who disappeared while swimming from a boat, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

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The DNR said Keynner Lugo was attempting to swim to shore in the Allen’s Creek area around 1:10 p.m. Sunday when he began struggling and went underwater. Other boaters tried to help but were unable to reach him.

Indiana Conservation Officers responded and began search operations using side-scan sonar, a remotely operated vehicle and divers. The search was called off at nightfall Sunday and resumed Monday morning.

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As of Monday afternoon, Lugo had not been found.

Additional updates will be released as they become available, officials said.

Bloomington, indiana – august 17: the overgrown vegetation along the shore makes access difficult, as first responders from the monroe fire protection district and the indiana department of natural resources, along with iu health lifeline, stage at the allen creek recreation area boat ramp on august 17, 2025, in bloomington, indiana. Dive teams and other first responders were searching for a man who went missing in lake monroe on sunday. (photo by jeremy hogan/the bloomingtonian)
Bloomington, indiana – august 17: conservation officers leave a launch ramp as first responders from the monroe fire protection district and the indiana department of natural resources, along with iu health lifeline, stage at the allen creek recreation area boat ramp on august 17, 2025, in bloomington, indiana. Dive teams and other first responders were searching for a man who went missing in lake monroe on sunday. (photo by jeremy hogan/the bloomingtonian)
Bloomington, indiana – august 17: first responders from the monroe fire protection district and the indiana department of natural resources, along with iu health lifeline, stage at the allen creek recreation area boat ramp on august 17, 2025, in bloomington, indiana. Dive teams and other first responders were searching for a man who went missing in lake monroe on sunday. (photo by jeremy hogan/the bloomingtonian)
Bloomington, indiana – august 17: conservation officers arrive at a launch ramp as first responders from the monroe fire protection district and the indiana department of natural resources, along with iu health lifeline, stage at the allen creek recreation area boat ramp on august 17, 2025, in bloomington, indiana. Dive teams and other first responders were searching for a man who went missing in lake monroe on sunday. (photo by jeremy hogan/the bloomingtonian)

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