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Diamond Lake Drowning Victim Identified As Bend Man

DIAMOND LAKE, OR -- The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has identified the man presumed drowned in Diamond Lake as 37-year-old Chimanbai Patel, of Bend. Just after 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Douglas County 911 received a report of a man who jumped off a pontoon boat into the water to go for a swim. Shortly after, he went under and never resurfaced. 

Marine deputies, the Douglas County Sheriff's Officd Dive Team, Search and Rescue members from Douglas and Klamath counties and State Police have all joined the recovery effort. Monday, a dog trained in water recovery was deployed. But, as of Monday evening, he remains missing. 

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