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.
