Authorities Investigating After Man, 4-Year-Old Son Found Dead in Atwood Lake

Police: 4-year-old, father drown at lake; mother crashes golf cart into water

A father and his 4-year-old child died after drowning in separate incidents at a lake in Ohio.

4-year-old boy, man found dead in Ohio lake

Deputies are investigating after a man and his son were found in an Ohio lake on Sunday.

Divers find body of father, day after 4-year-old son recovered in Ohio lake

UPDATE: August 24, 2025, 2:45 p.m. Authorities said the body of a man believed to be the missing father in Saturday’s Atwood Lake tragedy was recovered Sunday morning. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office said deputies, Atwood Rangers, fire departments and dive teams resumed their search about 7 a.m. near the same dock where the body of the man’s 4-year-old son was found the previous evening. Based on new information gathered overnight, invest…

4-year-old dies, father missing after incident at Atwood Lake

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) -- The Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing man whose safety is "in question" following an incident Saturday at Atwood Lake that resulted in the death of his 4-year-old son. 1 dead after car being chased by Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department collides with another vehicle According to a news release from the sheriff's office, an Amish family including a mother, father and children fro…

'We believe it was intentional': Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office investigating after man, 4-year-old son found dead in Atwood Lake

'I don't want to speak to planning,' Sheriff Orvis Campbell said, adding investigators are still interviewing the boy's mother. 'But we believe it was intentional.'

Authorities investigating after man, 4-year-old son found dead in Atwood Lake

The sheriff's office confirmed Saturday evening that what began as a golf cart crash turned into a search after the missing man's wife made concerning comments.