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By Dylana Milobar

OKANAGAN LAKE FATALITY

Body pulled from Okanagan Lake identified as missing man

Aug 17, 2019 | 1:20 PM

WEST KELOWNA – After human remains were recovered from Okanagan Lake one week ago (Aug. 10), RCMP and the BC Coroners Service have now identified the deceased.

In a release today (Aug. 17) Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey of the Kelowna RCMP says the body has been identified as 71-year-old Zygmunt Janiewicz.

Janiewicz went missing on May 17, 2019 while kayaking on Okanagan Lake. His family has now been notified of his passing.

“Police do not believe that criminality was involved in Zygmunt’s death,” says O’Donaghey.

A sonar expert from Idaho, Utah was assisting RCMP in the investigation. Janiewicz’s remains were found at a depth of 170 feet (51.8 metres), about half a kilometre away from Kelowna’s Gyro Beach.

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At this time, RCMP and the Coroners Service have no further information to release.