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Police Recover Body Of Man Who Drowned In Willamette River

(Portland, OR)  --  Police say they've recovered the body of a man who drowned while swimming in the Willamette River.  The Yamhill County Sheriff's Office says someone found the body of 68-year-old Leocadio Sendejas-Sanchez yesterday, about four miles downriver from where he was last seen.  Family members reported him missing Wednesday afternoon after he went under the water while swimming near the Wheatland Ferry.  Police say he wasn't wearing a life jacket.
 

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