A body was found in Lake Shelbyville that has been identified as a missing Mattoon man. Nathan Tipsword of Mattoon was last seen on September 10th around 6:30 PM, leaving a campground site at Lithia Springs Campground.  A family member saw him walk into the wooded area of the campground.  His family hadn’t seen or heard from him since and filed a report on September 11th that Tipsword was missing. 

After an extensive search of the wooded area and a search of Lake Shelbyville, he was unable to be located. 100's of search and rescue personnel were used including many volunteer searchers.  Overall 30 agencies were involved in the search.

Tuesday morning, a body was located at around 10 AM that was identified as the missing male.  The body was recovered and the family was notified.  An autopsy has been scheduled. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says that they are deeply saddened over this loss and thanked all the agencies for helping in the search.