Drowning in Southeast Kansas claims life of Coffeyville graduate

LABETTE COUNTY, Kan. — A teenager is dead after drowning in a Southeast Kansas lake.

The incident happened on Saturday at “Big Hill Lake” in Labette County.

The superintendent of Coffeyville Public Schools shared a GoFundMe page, for the victim, Alonzo Juan Juan, 17, from Guatemala.

Other news agencies are also reporting the teen died at the lake just a few hours after graduating from Field Kindley Memorial High School in Coffeyville.

The GoFundMe has been established to cover costs for returning his body to his parents in Guatemala.

You can access it, by clicking here.

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