Wheeling Man Drowns In Lake Geneva

LAKE GENEVA, WI — A 35-year-old Wheeling man drowned Sunday on Geneva Lake in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The Lake Geneva Police Department responded to a welfare check at around 6:40 p.m. to a boat moored in the City of Lake Geneva, near the municipal beach. The deceased, identified Monday as Kostyantyn Matushevskiy, along with another person, swam from the boat toward the beach two hours earlier, witnesses told police.

The other swimmer made it to shore, but did not see Matushevskiy. The Geneva Lake Law Enforcement Agency assisted in the recovery.

Matushevskiy's body was discovered by a police drone under the water, approximately 50 yards from the shore in 10 feet of water. Dive team members were able to recover his body at around 8:30 p.m.

According to authorities, the boat was moored approximately 75 to 100 yards from shore. Police made contact with adults on the boat, which was a 2006 24-foot Bayliner.

The other swimmer informed officers that he went back in the water after reaching shore to look for Matushevskiy but did not find him. The witness said that they thought Matushevskiy may have made it to shore. The witness looked on the beach and went to two nearby bars looking for him. The witness said that after looking at the bars and on the beach again, he then swam back to the boat to look, before calling authorities.

The City of Lake Geneva Fire Department's dive rescue team was dispatched. A MABAS Box Alarm was requested and units from City of Delavan, Town of Delavan, Troy Center, Fontana, Linn, Williams Bay, Whitewater, Sharon, and Elkhorn responded, along with Racine Fire Bells to assist.

The investigation is ongoing pending the results of an autopsy.