http://mydeathspace.com/article/2009/02/09/Brad_Hensley_(29)_was_missing_for_two_years_before _his_body_was_found_in_a_jeep_submerged_in_a_pond
Hendricks County authorities have determined the death of Harold "Brad" Hensley was an accident.
Hensley, 29, was the Plainfield man who had disappeared for more than two years before his body was found March 17 at the bottom of a pond near his home.
Deputy Coroner Steve Matthews said Thursday that a death certificate for Hensley has been signed with the cause listed as accidental due to drowning.
Matthews said full X-rays of the remains found no indications Hensley had been shot or stabbed, or any other sign of foul play.
Hensley disappeared early on the morning of Jan. 12, 2006, when neighbors in the Glen Haven subdivision saw him leave home for work. He never arrived at his Far-Eastside Indianapolis job, and police searched without success along his usual route via I-70.
His disappearance remained a mystery until Fire Department searchers and divers found Hensley's Jeep in 20 feet of water in a pond at the end of a cul-de-sac in Glen Haven. His body was found in the mud- and silt-filled vehicle.
Police said at the time that Hensley may have been confused in the early winter morning haze and simply drove his Jeep down the short street and ran through the back of the cul-de-sac and into the deep water.
He may have been under the influence of prescription painkillers, but Matthews said tests couldn't determine whether his ability to drive was impaired by medications. Police previously said Hensley had some recent history of abusing prescription painkillers.
"There were prescription medications found in the contents of his stomach. But there was not enough blood recovered to conduct (toxicology) tests to determine whether there were drugs in his system," Matthews said. "That's one thing we'll never know."