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April 2, 2008

S. Kingstown man, 84, found in pool died of drowning

Drowning caused the death of William Kramer, 84, who police found in a swimming pool in South Kingstown on Monday, the Office of the State Medical Examiners announced this afternoon.

Kramer's wife, Shirley, said her 84-year-old husband left about 7:30 a.m. from their house on the southern shore of Indian Lake. She left shortly after for work, returning home at 12:30 p.m. Her husband still hadn’t returned. She called the police, and police, neighbors and Union Fire District members searched.

At 3:30 p.m. Monday, Officer David Perry saw a dog’s leash on the ground near an in-ground pool in the backyard of a Woodland Trail vacant house.

A pool cover was in place, and searchers looking under the cover found Kramer’s body in the water.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with Journal archival reports

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:55 PM | Permalink

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