Update: Tuesday, September 9 at 9:38 a.m. | A body was recovered from Horsteooth Reservoir Tuesday morning that Larimer County officials believe is the paddleboarder that went missing on Sunday.
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Body recovered from Horsetooth Reservoir Tuesday, believed missing paddleboarder
LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — A paddleboarder who went missing Sunday on Horsetooth Reservoir in Larimer County is presumed dead, the sheriff's office announced Sunday evening.
After a search effort in Santanka Cove, involving boats, drones, and sonar technology, was unsuccessful, it had become a recovery mission, according to the sheriff's office.
The paddleboarder is not believed to have been wearing a life jacket.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office, Poudre Fire Authority and parks officials conducted the search Sunday.
The Santanka Cove and the surrounding area on the north end of the reservoir remained closed Sunday evening.
The Larimer County Coroner would release the identity and cause of death, according to the sheriff's office.
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