A body has been recovered at Chatfield Reservoir, after authorities searched for days for a swimmer who disappeared over the weekend.
The body was found around 9 a.m. this morning, near the dam on the north end of the reservoir.
An identity has not been released, but a local family has been waiting for news about Jose Luis “Pepe” Cano, 29.
Cano, considered a good swimmer, was in water below his chest when he was last seen Saturday morning.
He was with his boss, according to his sister-in-law, Christina Rodriguez. The men had been boating near the dam when the boss got out of the boat to use the restroom. He looked back twice and saw Cano in the water near the boat. When he returned, he saw Cano’s belongings in the boat but no other sign of him.
Littleton Fire Rescue divers, park rangers and Douglas and Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies searched for Cano on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
For more than three years, Cano had remodeled homes in the United States.
“He sent money home every week as soon as he was paid,” Rodriquez said.
Home is Mexico City, where his family – including his wife and 5-year-old daughter – lives.
