On July 21, 2022, at approximately 12:25pm, RCMP responded to a report of a possible drowning at a property located along the Winnipeg River, in the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet.
Police received a report stating that a 47-year-old man was working on a boat at his dock, when a short time later the boat was seen floating unattended down the river. The boat was recovered but the man was not located.
RCMP launched a search for the missing man with the assistance of the RCMP’s Underwater Recovery Team.
On the evening of July 22, members with the RCMP’s Underwater Recovery Team located the body of the 47-year-old male in the Winnipeg River near his last seen location. The death is not considered suspicious.
