Body of swimmer found at Lake Pleasant's Scorpion Bay Marina, MCSO says

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - Authorities found the body of a man who went swimming in Lake Pleasant and never came back up, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said on Wednesday afternoon.

At around 4:20 p.m. on June 7, the sheriff's office responded to Scorpion Bay Marina at Lake Pleasant for a man they said had trouble swimming before he went underwater and never came back up.

His body was found not long after.

He was identified as 18-year-old Jovanni Thomas-Padilla.

Victim identified in Lake Pleasant drowning

The Maricopa County Sheriffs Office has identified the person who drowned at Lake Pleasant on June 7 as 18-year-old Jovanni Thomas-Padilla. MCSO says Thomas-Padilla was having difficulties in the water when he went under and never resurfaced.

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