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UPDATE: Missing swimmer in Gold River
Lunenburg District RCMP believes that the body of the 31-year-old man, who was reported missing in Gold River, has been found.
On July 24, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Lunenburg District RCMP responded to a report of a missing swimmer; he had been tubing in the Gold River with two other men when his tube capsized. He was last seen drifting down river.
On July 25, the exhaustive search was suspended as investigators believed that the man had been swept out to sea.
At approximately 7:25 a.m. this morning, a member of the public observed a body floating in the water near where the Gold River meets the ocean. Lunenburg District RCMP and the Western Shore Fire Department attended and retrieved the body from the water. The human remains have since been tentatively identified as belonging to the 31-year-old man and investigators are working with the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner’s Officer on positively identifying the remains.
At this difficult time, our thoughts are with the man’s family, his loved ones, and the community.
