The body of Naomi Pomeroy, a Portland celebrity chef, was found in the Willamette River Wednesday, days after she drowned in a tubing accident, authorities said.
Her body was found about a half-mile upstream from Hyak Park, between Corvallis and Albany, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The sheriff’s office said people in a canoe spotted a body and called. Officers arrived and found Pomeroy’s body, identified by descriptions they were given, in a shallow section of bedrock near the middle of the river with about 12 to 24 inches of water. The body was found about 9 miles downstream from where she drowned, Lt. Toby Bottorff said in an email.
Pomeroy, 49, was reported missing in the river after a tubing accident over the weekend with his family and friends.
The sheriff’s office said it released Pomeroy’s body to a funeral home and notified his family.
— The Oregonian/OregonLive
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