Body may have been found of missing 17-year-old who was swept away in Merced River

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- The assemblage of the missing 17-year-old lad who was swept distant from the Merced River whitethorn person been found.

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Just aft 4:15 p.m. Sunday, The Merced County Sheriff's Office Water Rescue and Recovery Team responded to the Merced River, astir a mile downstream of Hagaman Park.

There, they recovered an unresponsive idiosyncratic that matched the statement of the missing teen.

A affirmative recognition of the lad has not yet been made, and the Sheriff's Office says it hopes to corroborate the person's individuality successful the coming days.

The teen was with a person connected Saturday, May 11, erstwhile investigators accidental helium asked to usage someone's kayak to instrumentality photos. Officials accidental that's however the teen ended up successful the water.

The squad has spent the past week looking for the teen's assemblage arsenic currents grew stronger and stronger.

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke closed some the Merced River and the San Joaquin River past week due to the fact that the high, acold h2o was creating unsafe conditions.

Lake Yosemite was besides closed past Monday, but has since reopened.