Mohave County County Sheriff’s deputies spent the weekend searching for a California man, Reyes Augustin Munoz-Rodriguez, who went missing on Friday in the Colorado River.
On Friday, July 30, at approximately 7:40 p.m., deputies responded to Davis Camp regarding a report of the 35-year-old Munoz-Rodriguez, of Fullerton, CA, that had gone underwater and not resurfaced. When deputies arrived on the scene, witnesses said that Munoz-Rodriguez and two females had gone into the water and began to struggle.
Good Samaritans were able to get the two females back to shore, however Munoz-Rodriguez could not be located. Bullhead City Police officers responded to search the waterways, along with Davis Camp Park Rangers, however were unsuccessful in locating Munoz-Rodriguez.
With the early morning low water levels, the waterways were shallow enough to be visually searched by DPS Air Ranger helicopter, but the search was unsuccessful. At approximately 9:00 a.m., deputies with the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Dive Rescue and Recovery Team responded to the scene and began searching for Munoz-Rodriguez. During the search operation on Saturday, MCSO deputies and divers, and DPS Air Ranger helicopter continuously searched the Colorado River from Davis Dam to Rotary Park, checking all available docks and coves along the river.
The search operations will resume Monday.