BURWELL, Neb. (AP) — Divers have recovered the body of a man who is believed to have drowned at Calamus (KAL’-uh-muhs) Reservoir in central Nebraska.
Capt. John Hogmire of the Burwell Volunteer Fire Department says the body of 38-year-old Wesley Sell, of Arcadia, was found shortly before 9 p.m. Monday. Hogmire says the body was found in 39 feet of water, about 100 feet from where his boat was found.
He and three family members were fishing on Oct. 11 when the boat sank near Virginia Smith Dam. Other anglers rescued Sell’s two teenage children and an adult relative.
Boats, planes and a drone were deployed on and over the water as authorities searched the shoreline. Windy weather and rough water hampered searchers.