Indiana Conservation Officer Press Release
Indiana Conservation Officers are searching for a missing man in the vicinity of Mahan Park, commonly referred to as “Three-Mile Bridge,” near Highway 121 in Connersville.
After receiving notification from Fayette County Dispatch at approximately 5:45 p.m., Thursday, July 8, Conservation Officers arrived on scene and discovered a vehicle and several articles belonging to Robert L. Austin, 26, of Connersville.
Conservation Officers, with the assistance from other agencies, are currently searching the Whitewater River with boats and sonar, as well as utilizing an ISP helicopter and drones.
Laurel Volunteer Fire Department personnel joined in the search looking from the Ott Road area toward Laurel. Everton Volunteer Fire Department members were north of the Laurel Fire Department on the river.
The search will conclude this evening at dark and resume tomorrow morning.
If you have any information of Robert L. Austin’s whereabouts, you are urged to call the Indiana Conservation Officer Dispatch Center at (812)837-9536 or Fayette County Dispatch at (765) 825-2111.
Agencies assisting in the search are Indiana State Police, Indiana Department of Homeland Security, Fayette County Sheriff’s Department, Everton Fire Department, Laurel Fire Department, Fayette EMS, Bentonville Fire Department and Richmond Fire Department.