US EditionBody found on Oregon river shore believed to be missing California kayaker
- Authorities found a body believed to be a missing 20-year-old kayaker from California on May 4 along the Willamette River near Meldrum Bar Park, Oregon.
- The kayaker, Marcelus Angelo Rodriguez, went missing after witnesses reported he went over the 42-foot Willamette Falls on April 12 and did not resurface, while his kayak was found downstream near Elk Rock Island.
- Emergency responders from multiple agencies searched since April 12, recovering the kayak and guided by reports of a kayaker in distress, with difficult river conditions including fast currents and cold water complicating efforts.
- Deputy John Plock explained that as the season becomes warmer, more people spend time by or in the water participating in activities like fishing and boating, and that higher water temperatures speed up decomposition, causing bodies to surface more quickly.
- Officials are awaiting the medical examiner's confirmation of the deceased's identity; this discovery represents the sixth individual found in the Willamette River near Portland since early April.
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Investigators believe missing kayaker’s body was found in Willamette River
Investigators believe they have recovered the body of a 20-year-old man who went missing while kayaking in the Willamette River last month.Marcelus Angelo Rodriguez, of Porterville, California, was last seen on April 12, when witnesses said he went over Willamette Falls in a kayak and did not resurface. The kayak he was in was found the next day near Elk Rock Island, about 7 miles downstream of Willamette Falls.On Sunday afternoon, the Clackamas…
Kayaker's body likely found near Meldrum Bar Park
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- The body of a man believed to be a kayaker from California who went over Willamette Falls in April was found early Sunday afternoon, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said. The body was found "in a difficult to reach location along the shoreline" north of Meldrum Bar Park in Gladstone around 1 p.m. The county's marine unit recovered the body. Marcelus Angelo Rodriguez, 20, went over the Willamette Falls in a kayak, …
Los Angeles Times
Authorities search for missing man after kayak capsized on the American River
The Placer County Sheriff's Office received a report that two men were aboard a kayak when it flipped into the water on Friday. One kayaker made it back safely while another is still missing.
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