New Facts: Indiana confirms seven storm-related deaths

By Aug. 16, at least seven storm and flood deaths had been confirmed across Indiana. The fatalities were in Jennings, Delaware, Lake, Porter, LaPorte and Henry counties.

A 4-year-old boy in Jennings County died when a tree crashed through his bedroom during high winds. In Delaware County, Matthew Morey, 18 or 19, was recovered Saturday after jumping from a bridge into the Mississinewa River with friends days earlier. Also in Delaware County, 58-year-old Stephanie Sallee and her dog were found in a cornfield near her car after floodwaters swept it from a road.

Early Sunday in Henry County, cyclist James Briar, 31, went around a barricade and fell into a hole where a road had collapsed. Northwest Indiana victims included a 58-year-old woman in Lake County and an 86-year-old woman in Porter County. The seventh victim was a 32-year-old man in LaPorte or Porter County.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources