Joe Benton, a former WGEM-TV employee was found drowned in a drainage ditch off Lake Springfield at 1:50 PM Tuesday about 12 hours after he fell into the lake.
Benton, 26, a Sangamon County jailer, had been fishing with 7 other people about 1:30 AM when he fell from an 18 1/2 ft ski boat into Lake Springfield.
Benton worked for the Sangamon County Jail as a corrections officer since 1989. He was on the police eligibility lists in Quincy, Springfield, and Decatur.
He had previously worked for WGEM's operations department in Quincy before moving to Springfield in 1989.
Several of Benton's friends heard a splash and dove into the water because they knew Benton could not swim.
Mr. Benton is a 1983 graduate of Quincy Senior High School in Quincy, IL
Duker & Haugh Funeral Home in Quincy, IL is handling the arrangements
Benton, 26, a Sangamon County jailer, had been fishing with 7 other people about 1:30 AM when he fell from an 18 1/2 ft ski boat into Lake Springfield.
Benton worked for the Sangamon County Jail as a corrections officer since 1989. He was on the police eligibility lists in Quincy, Springfield, and Decatur.
He had previously worked for WGEM's operations department in Quincy before moving to Springfield in 1989.
Several of Benton's friends heard a splash and dove into the water because they knew Benton could not swim.
Mr. Benton is a 1983 graduate of Quincy Senior High School in Quincy, IL
Duker & Haugh Funeral Home in Quincy, IL is handling the arrangements
Joe Benton, a former WGEM-TV employee was found drowned in a drainage ditch off Lake Springfield at 1:50 PM Tuesday about 12 hours after he fell into the lake.
Benton, 26, a Sangamon County jailer, had been fishing with 7 other people about 1:30 AM when he fell from an 18 1/2 ft ski boat into Lake Springfield.
Benton worked for the Sangamon County Jail as a corrections officer since 1989. He was on the police eligibility lists in Quincy, Springfield, and Decatur.
He had previously worked for WGEM's operations department in Quincy before moving to Springfield in 1989.
Several of Benton's friends heard a splash and dove into the water because they knew Benton could not swim.
Mr. Benton is a 1983 graduate of Quincy Senior High School in Quincy, IL
Duker & Haugh Funeral Home in Quincy, IL is handling the arrangements
Benton, 26, a Sangamon County jailer, had been fishing with 7 other people about 1:30 AM when he fell from an 18 1/2 ft ski boat into Lake Springfield.
Benton worked for the Sangamon County Jail as a corrections officer since 1989. He was on the police eligibility lists in Quincy, Springfield, and Decatur.
He had previously worked for WGEM's operations department in Quincy before moving to Springfield in 1989.
Several of Benton's friends heard a splash and dove into the water because they knew Benton could not swim.
Mr. Benton is a 1983 graduate of Quincy Senior High School in Quincy, IL
Duker & Haugh Funeral Home in Quincy, IL is handling the arrangements
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