A police boat team recovered a body from the depths of Okanagan Lake on Saturday, according to West Kelowna RCMP.
Police said the recovery took place just before 9 a.m., and that the body was found at a depth of 51 metres (170 feet), approximately half a kilometer from the shore of Gyro Beach.
“West Kelowna RCMP are now working alongside the BC Coroners Service to positively identify the deceased individual,” said RCMP Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey.
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“Once an identification is made, police will then turn their focus on properly notifying the deceased’s family.”
WATCH BELOW (Aired May 20, 2019): Search for missing kayaker called off
In mid-May, 71-year-old Zygmunt Janiewicz went missing while kayaking on Okanagan Lake.
Search crews, including a helicopter, spent hours looking, but Janiewicz was not found.
On Saturday, O’Donaghey said police were assisted in an ongoing investigation by a sonar expert, who traveled to the Central Okanagan from the U.S.
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