Man Missing Since July 1st Located in Lake Diefenbaker
The body of a man who disappeared after jumping into the water to help his children in distress on July 1st at Lake Diefenbaker has been discovered.
The incident happened near the Palliser Regional Park shoreline at about 11 a.m. on Canada Day.
According to a statement from the Saskatchewan RCMP on Friday, the Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team found the individual in Lake Diefenbaker during a search.
Police and conservation officers recovered the body and confirmed it was the 36-year-old man from Central Butte who did not resurface after helping his children out of the water and into a boat, before disappearing.
The man’s name will not be released. His family has been notified.
Since July 1st, HEART, the Elbow/Outlook RCMP detachment, the Saskatchewan RCMP Underwater Recovery Team, and the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association have conducted searches for the man on Lake Diefenbaker.
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