Overview

• The Porter County Coroner confirmed the victims as 65-year-old David Meneou of Joliet, Illinois, and his 20-year-old son, Jameson Meneou of Lockport, Illinois.
• The pair entered deep water around 4:20 p.m. Saturday while playing catch and both began to struggle after Jameson went in to retrieve an overthrown ball.
• A Good Samaritan pulled them from the lake and Indiana Conservation officers alongside National Park Rangers used off-road vehicles and a patrol boat to perform CPR before they were pronounced dead at a hospital.
• Authorities say the incident occurred adjacent to Indiana Dunes National Park over the Fourth of July weekend and remains under investigation by the Indiana DNR.
• The National Weather Service has extended beach hazard warnings for high waves and life-threatening rip currents across southern Lake Michigan beaches through 7 p.m. Monday.