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Body of missing paddleboarder recovered from Chatfield Reservoir

Colorado Parks & Wildlife said the body was recovered Sunday night. The coroner's office will release the identity of the paddleboarder.

LITTLETON, Colo. — Crews have recovered a body after a man went missing in Chatfield Reservoir Sunday afternoon.

At about 9:23 p.m., Colorado Parks and Wildlife reported a body had been recovered from the reservoir. The identity will be released by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.

South Metro Fire Rescue crews responded to Chatfield State Park in Littleton after a report that a man who was paddleboarding went into the water and never resurfaced, the fire department wrote on X. 

The spokesperson said the fire department received a call about the incident at 1:09 p.m. Sunday.

South Metro Fire's dive team searched the waters for hours Sunday afternoon before turning over recovery operations to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Credit: South Metro Fire Rescue

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