Authorities Identify Teen Who Drowned At Deer Creek Reservoir
Jun 18, 2021, 8:55 AM
FILE: Deer Creek Reservoir. (KSL TV)
(KSL TV)
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah — A Salt Lake County teenager who drowned at Deer Creek Reservoir has been identified as 17-year-old Fernando Botello Arredondo.
Utah State Parks Rangers responded to the Island Beach day-use area of Deer Creek State Park Thursday evening after receiving calls about a possible drowning.
Arredondo was playing in the reservoir when family members said he suddenly went under the water and did not resurface.
A member of the group tried to get Arredondo out of the reservoir, but officials said the water was murky and they couldn’t find him.
Park rangers said the water is 4 feet to 8 feet deep in the area and Arredondo “was not believed to have been using inflatable water toys or wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident.”
Arredondo’s body was recovered around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and park rangers said the incident is under investigation.
