BENTONVILLE (KSFM) -- Police have identified a 41-year-old Bentonville man whose body was discovered in Lake Bentonville on Tuesday (April 11), according to Bentonville Police.
Santosh Kulkarni's body was found in the lake on Tuesday afternoon.
Lt. Michael Martin said a pilot from the Bentonville Municipal Airport saw something floating on the water and called the police. The lake is near the Bentonville Municipal Airport runway.
Kulkarni's body has been sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy.
This is the second body found in the lake in the last year. The Benton County Coroner said they recovered a body from Lake Bentonville in August. That death was drug related.