(Ogden Dunes, IN) - The waiting is over for the family of a 22-year-old Indianapolis man who wound up in Lake Michigan after venturing onto shelf ice over two months ago.
According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, a body found this morning on the beach in Ogden Dunes was that of Bryce Dunfee. Dunfee was last seen on February 21, about a half-mile from where a resident found his body.
Dunfee visited the West Beach section of the Indiana Dunes National Park with four friends when a piece of shelf ice broke, and he tripped then fell into the lake, DNR officials said. While on the shelf ice, his friends tried rescuing him, but the lake pulled Dunfee in. They returned to shore and called 911. The elements hampered the search that followed, creating a difficult time for the search and rescue efforts.
