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Body of missing swimmer recovered from Willamette River

His body was found four miles downriver, the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office said.
Credit: Yamhill Co. Sheriff's Office

SALEM, Ore. — Searchers on Sunday recovered the body of a 68-year-old man who went underwater while swimming in the Willamette River near Salem on Wednesday afternoon.

At around 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, family members reported Leocadio Sendejas-Sanchez went under about 200 yards north of Wheatland Ferry.

His body was found four miles downriver, the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office said.

Sendejas-Sanchez, who was visiting family from California, attempted to swim across the Willamette River from the Yamhill County side to the Marion County side. He was not wearing a life jacket, according to the sheriff’s office.

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