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Deputy Pete Wood, with the Douglas County Sheriffs Department's Marine Division, prepares to leave the water after searching for a body of a woman who drowned at the Ben Irving Reservoir, near Tenmile, Saturday.
The search for the body will resume on Sunday.
TENMILE — Authorities have identified the victim of Saturday’s drowning after finding the woman’s body Sunday in Ben Irving Reservoir.
Members of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office dive team and marine patrol found Nicole Shelene Johnson, 21, of Winston in about 25 feet of water near where she’d disappeared the day before.
Johnson was reportedly attempting to swim across a 50-foot section of the reservoir when she cried out for help and slipped under.
The two people she was with, Dennis Charles Jackson, 32, and Raymond Wayne Boynton, 19, swam to the area where Johnson disappeared, but could not find her, according to a sheriff’s office press release. Cities of residence were not available for the two men this morning. Crews called off the search late Saturday and tried again Sunday morning. Johnson’s body was located around 11:30 a.m.
Authorities caution swimmers this time of year when air temperatures are rising. “It feels like it’s summer, but the water temperature’s still cold,” said Dwes Hutson, sheriff’s office spokesman. Cold water can quickly lead to fatigue, he added.
Life jackets are also recommended on all bodies of water.
“Those things have a potential to save your life,” he said.
Members of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office dive team and marine patrol found Nicole Shelene Johnson, 21, of Winston in about 25 feet of water near where she’d disappeared the day before.
Johnson was reportedly attempting to swim across a 50-foot section of the reservoir when she cried out for help and slipped under.
The two people she was with, Dennis Charles Jackson, 32, and Raymond Wayne Boynton, 19, swam to the area where Johnson disappeared, but could not find her, according to a sheriff’s office press release. Cities of residence were not available for the two men this morning. Crews called off the search late Saturday and tried again Sunday morning. Johnson’s body was located around 11:30 a.m.
Authorities caution swimmers this time of year when air temperatures are rising. “It feels like it’s summer, but the water temperature’s still cold,” said Dwes Hutson, sheriff’s office spokesman. Cold water can quickly lead to fatigue, he added.
Life jackets are also recommended on all bodies of water.
“Those things have a potential to save your life,” he said.
