BENTONVILLE -- Police identified the body found in Lake Bentonville on Tuesday as Santosh Kulkarni, 41, according to Gene Page, police information officer.
Kulkarni's body was discovered after a pilot in flight spotted something in the lake, Chief Jon Simpson said Tuesday. Lake Bentonville is located at the north end of the municipal airport's runway. The body was pulled from the east side of the lake.
Page said the cause of death is under investigation.
It's the second time in the last year a body has been found in Lake Bentonville. A 53-year-old Bentonville man drowned in the lake Aug. 2. Police and the Benton County Coroner's Office determined it was an accident with intoxication as a factor.
NW News on 04/12/2017