Body Of 19-Year-Old Drowning Victim Found In Sacramento River Near Colusa

COLUSA (CBS13) — Search crews have located a body matching the description of a 19-year-old man who drowned in the Sacramento River near Colusa.

Damon Evans of Casa Grande, which is located just southeast of Phoenix, Ariz., went missing in the water near Levee Park on Sunday.

The Colusa County Sheriff's Office said witnesses reported seeing the person, who wasn't wearing a life vest, struggling while trying to swim across the river.

The sheriff's office boating safety unit searched every day this week until the body was found just east of Levee Park, around 20 feet from the shoreline.

Authorities say a cadaver K9 unit and an underwater robot were used in the search.