OKOBOJI, Iowa -- On Wednesday, search crews recovered the body of 35-year-old Juan Miguel Gonzales of Sioux City, Iowa. Gonzales had gone into West Lake Okoboji while boating on Sunday afternoon around 5 p.m. He was located around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday by members of the Arnolds Park/Okoboji Dive Team, who were conducting a surface search of the lake in the area south of Pikes Point where Gonzales was last seen.
Search operations had been ongoing by divers and surface crews since Gonzales went missing.
The Dickinson County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the following agencies in the search operation: Arnolds Park/Okoboji Dive Team; Spirit Lake Fire Department Water Rescue Team; Dickinson County Emergency Management; Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Okoboji Police Department; Arnolds Park Police Department; Spirit Lake Police Department; Sanford helicopter, Sioux Falls, S.D., (aerial search; Sioux County Dive Team.
