June 18, 2005

Man found dead in home pool

       A 41-year-old Greenwood man was found dead in his pool Thursday, police said.  Investigators suspect Kenneth Keller may have drowned.  Keller’s roommate, Robert Wehrman, said he got up for work at 4:15 a.m. Thursday. When Wehrman left that morning, Keller was asleep, Johnson County Sheriff’s Lt. Mike McElwain said.  Wehrman returned home from work about 4 p.m. and found Keller at the bottom of the in-ground pool, Chief Deputy Doug Cox said.  Wehrman said he jumped into the pool to get Keller out. He used a spray wand connected to a hose to help pull himself and Keller out of the water, McElwain said.  McElwain estimated the pool was 6 to 8 feet deep.  Wehrman started CPR on Keller and continued until emergency workers from the White River Fire Department arrived, the report said.  Attempts to revive Keller were not successful, McElwain said.

            An autopsy was to be conducted Friday, and toxicology reports will come in the next few weeks, Cox said.  Police are not sure of how Keller drowned in the pool. His clothes were on the patio near a table, and the concrete around the pool was dry, McElwain said.  McElwain and Cox said they do not believe anyone pushed Keller into the pool or that foul play was involved.  (Reprinted with permission from the Daily Journal)  See follow-up story HERE.
 
 

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