20-year-old who drowned in Doe Run Lake was Dixie Heights HS grad, Army reservist
Police say Brandon Stamm was swimming with friends Sunday
Andrew Setters
Brandon Stamm went under the water while swimming with friends on Sunday.
The body of a man who drowned in a Kentucky lake Sunday has been recovered.Brandon Stamm, 20, was swimming with friends in Doe Run Lake off of Bullock Pen Road at around 7 p.m. Sunday when he started waving his hands and screaming for help, police said.He was already underwater, estimated to be 30 to 35 feet deep, before anyone could get to him.Emergency crews searched for hours for Stamm after he slipped below the surface of the lake. Crews found Stamm's body Monday morning near where his friends last saw him.Stamm graduated from Dixie Heights High School in 2014. He was also a member of the Success Academy, a military prep program. "We want to express our sincere condolences for this situation and to this graduate's family. We're heartbroken and our thoughts and prayers are with his family," Jess Dykes, with Kenton County Schools, said.Classmate Duncan Jenkins remembers Stamm as someone who looked out for him and pushed him during training."It wasn't like your average ROTC program. We had instructors from different branches, and they'd push you your hardest," Jenkins said.Jenkins said he wasn't at the lake Sunday night but is shocked and saddened by the loss of his friend and was shocked to hear Stamm died while trying to swim across the lake. "At the academy was the fittest guy I knew out there," Jenkins said. "Even if he was on the ground throwing up, he still got up and finished out that other mile he had."On Monday there was a memorial at Doe Run Lake, complete with an American flag. It is a tribute to the Army Reservist.Kenton County police called in help from a number of departments to work on the search and recovery efforts. They say there is no foul play suspected in Stamm's death.
COVINGTON, Ky. —
The body of a man who drowned in a Kentucky lake Sunday has been recovered.
Brandon Stamm, 20, was swimming with friends in Doe Run Lake off of Bullock Pen Road at around 7 p.m. Sunday when he started waving his hands and screaming for help, police said.
Drowning victim recovered from NKY lake
He was already underwater, estimated to be 30 to 35 feet deep, before anyone could get to him.
Emergency crews searched for hours for Stamm after he slipped below the surface of the lake. Crews found Stamm's body Monday morning near where his friends last saw him.
Stamm graduated from Dixie Heights High School in 2014. He was also a member of the Success Academy, a military prep program.
"We want to express our sincere condolences for this situation and to this graduate's family. We're heartbroken and our thoughts and prayers are with his family," Jess Dykes, with Kenton County Schools, said.
Classmate Duncan Jenkins remembers Stamm as someone who looked out for him and pushed him during training.
"It wasn't like your average ROTC program. We had instructors from different branches, and they'd push you your hardest," Jenkins said.
Jenkins said he wasn't at the lake Sunday night but is shocked and saddened by the loss of his friend and was shocked to hear Stamm died while trying to swim across the lake.
"At the academy [Brandon] was the fittest guy I knew out there," Jenkins said. "Even if he was on the ground throwing up, he still got up and finished out that other mile he had."
On Monday there was a memorial at Doe Run Lake, complete with an American flag. It is a tribute to the Army Reservist.
Kenton County police called in help from a number of departments to work on the search and recovery efforts. They say there is no foul play suspected in Stamm's death.