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Victim of pond drowning in Waukee is identified

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August 12th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Waukee police have identified the person who was found dead after being pulled from a pond last week. Police responded around 3:30 p.m. Aug. 8 to a report of a drowning in the 2500 block of Grand Prairie Parkway.

According to the Waukee Fire Department, two boys were fishing on the pond and lost their pole. When a man who had been working in the area went into the water to retrieve the pole, he started to struggle and the boys called 911.

The man, now identified as Keith Bychinski, 31, of Earlham, was pulled from the water hours later.