By Noah Crenshaw | Daily Journal
For The Republic
PLAINFIELD — A Johnson County deputy who was in training at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy was found dead Tuesday morning.
Academy recruits found Tim Guyer, a 49-year-old resident of Trafalgar, unresponsive in his dormitory room at the academy in Plainfield after he did not report to breakfast Tuesday morning. Recruits gave life-saving measures to him, and medics later pronounced him dead at the academy, ILEA executive director Tim Horty said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference.
The ILEA has suspended classes for the rest of the day Tuesday, and will have grief counselors available for recruits, Horty said.
Guyer leaves behind a wife and four children, said Major Andy Fisher, road division commander of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. Fisher was representing Sheriff Duane Burgess, who was spending time with Guyer’s family.
“We are heartbroken beyond words,” Fisher said.
The Indiana State Police is investigating Guyer’s death. There are a lot of questions right now, but the death appears to be from a medical issue of some kind, said Sgt. John Perrine, an ISP spokesperson.
There is no foul play suspected and there was not an accident involved. ISP investigators are now working closely with the Hendrick’s County Coroner’s Office to determine his cause of death, Perrine said.
A lifelong Johnson County resident and businessman, Guyer was also a building inspector for several towns in Johnson County and owned a construction company.
For the complete story, see Wednesday’s Republic.
