Death investigation underway after body found in pond on near northeast side

INDIANAPOLIS – Police are investigating after a body was found in a pond on the near northeast side of Indianapolis on Monday.

According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers and personnel from the Indianapolis Fire Department responded to the 2200 block of East 24^th Street after receiving a report of a body in the water before noon.

Emergency responders located a person in the water. The individual was pronounced dead at the scene. The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as 42-year-old Christopher Merle Jones.

IMPD is considering this a death investigation at this time and said the investigation is in its early stages.