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Boulder County Coroner's Office working to identify man found dead in Barker Reservoir on Sunday

Boulder Co. Coroner's Office works to identify man dead in Barker Reservoir
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Update | Tuesday, July 8 at 8:04 a.m. | The man found dead in Barker Reservoir was identified as 36-year-old Chadwick Potter, according to the Boulder County Coroner.


The Boulder County Coroner's Office is working to identify a man found dead in Barker Reservoir on Sunday, along with determining his cause and manner of death.

A person fishing outside of Nederland told the Boulder County Sheriff's Office they saw someone floating face-down in the reservoir.

Boulder Co. Coroner's Office works to identify man dead in Barker Reservoir

The Nederland Fire Protection District responded to the fisherman's report and confirmed there was a dead man in Barker Reservoir. The Boulder County Emergency Squad's cold water dive team recovered his body from the reservoir.

*Editor's note: A prior version of this story said the man's body was found Saturday. It was corrected to reflect the body was found Sunday.


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