ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — Search crews have found a suspected drowning victim at Cherry Creek Reservoir.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) tweeted Saturday that their Marine Evidence Recovery Team and South Metro Fire Rescue had found the body of a man who went missing there a week ago.
In a release, CPW said he was discovered on the bottom of the reservoir using a sonar device. A South Metro dive team brought him to the surface, the release said.
“Everybody involved didn’t give up, no matter what the circumstances were and this is a great result of that,” said Jason Trujillo, Cherry Creek State Park Manager in a statement. “We offer our deepest condolences and hope that this recovery will bring a little comfort to the family and friends as they mourn the loss of their loved one.”
CPW said the 29-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was on a tube being pulled by a boat when he became separated from the tube and went missing in the water on May 7. He was not wearing a life jacket.
South Metro Fire Rescue said that evening that rescue efforts had been unsuccessful and that the effort had turned into a recovery operation.
The reservoir was closed to boating for several days while crews searched for the man. It reopened Friday.
CPW said the man will be identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner's Office.
It was the second drowning in Colorado this year, according to CPW. The first was a 24-year-old man who drowned on Jan. 26 at Chipeta Lake south of Montrose. There were 22 drownings in Colorado in 2021, according to a release, down from a record 34 drownings in 2020.
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