Crime & Safety
Divers Find Body Of Missing Swimmer In Russian River
Monte Rio Fire Chief Steven Baxman.said the 24-year-old man was reported missing Tuesday when he did not return from swimming in the river.
MONTE RIO, CA — The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office's dive team found a deceased man Wednesday morning who disappeared a day earlier while swimming in the Russian River at Monte Rio Beach, fire officials said.
The 24-year-old man was found around 9:50 a.m. about 40 feet offshore in 9 feet of water near the Monte Rio Bridge pier in Monte Rio, Monte Rio Fire Protection District Chief Steve Baxman said.
A relative of the deceased man reported him missing around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to the sheriff's office.
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— Bay City News Service
