NEW LONDON (WJON News) -- The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office has released information about the kayaker who went missing over the weekend.

The body of a missing kayaker has been recovered in Kandiyohi County.  The Sherrif's Office says at about 9:00 a.m.Tuesday they recovered the body of an adult man on the southwest side of Nest Lake.  It was located about 264 yards from shore in 11 feet of water.

The body was taken to the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office in Anoka for positive identification and autopsy.

On Saturday night at about 11:30 p.m. 39-year-old Shane White of Overland Park, Kansas had left alone in a kayak from his vacation rental on the south side of Nest Lake and had failed to return.

An open water and shoreline search began and the missing kayak was found by deputies Sunday afternoon.

 

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