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Rescue crews locate body of man who went missing while swimming with friends at Lake Monroe

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MONROE COUNTY, Ind. -- After a two-day search crews located the body of a Bloomington man who went missing while swimming at Monroe Reservoir on Friday. 

Officials with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources say Anup Thota, 26, was swimming with friends around 7 p.m. when a storm came through and he disappeared under water.

Emergency teams searched the waters for Thota all day Saturday and Sunday, using side-scan sonar and underwater cameras. 

Thota's body was recovered in about 15 feet of water near the area he had been swimming around 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening.

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