Update: At approximately 12:10 a.m. Wednesday, Lakewood Police and West Metro Fire Rescue recovered the body of a 67-year-old man from Bowles Reservoir. Officials have not released his name, pending official identification from the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) — West Metro Fire Rescue responded to Bowles Reservoir, near Marston Lake in Lakewood, on the report of a missing person and overturned boat.
According to authorities on Tuesday, a person is missing from the neighborhood and a boat was visibly overturned in the water. No witnesses have reported seeing anyone enter the water.
The West Metro Fire Rescue dive team was searching the water. The South Metro Fire Rescue team was assisting and Colorado Parks and Wildlife was assisting with an underwater camera.
Shortly after 3 p.m., West Metro said this search was changing from a rescue to a recovery mission but said they had not found anyone during searches.