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Steven Marc Gines Identified as Kayaker Recovered From Echo Reservoir

The Utah medical examiner will determine his cause of death following a multi-agency overnight recovery.

Overview

  • A Summit County search-and-rescue team located the 56-year-old's body at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday at Echo Reservoir.
  • Deputies said Gines, a Salt Lake County resident, was reported missing after relatives found his kayak empty.
  • The man's adult son called authorities shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after last hearing from his father about an hour earlier.
  • Teams recovered the kayak believed to be his later that evening as well as his life jacket.
  • Wasatch County Search and Rescue, Utah DNR law enforcement and North Summit Fire District assisted, and the body was transferred to the state medical examiner for autopsy.