He was found just after 9 a.m. between the Main Street overpass and the West Carrollton low dam. A person called 911 after seeing a body in the water, according to a press release from Moraine Police Department.
Authorities said formal identification would be released by the Montgomery County Coroner’s office. But they said “positive identification of the male has been made as the missing person reported to have entered the water near W. Monument Ave. early Friday morning,” according to a news release from Dayton Fire Capt. Brad French, spokesman for the department.
Authorities had been searching since Friday for Cole Estes, 36, who reportedly jumped into the Great Miami River early Friday morning near the West Monument Avenue bridge, according to a woman who had called 911 around 1:17 a.m. But authorities have not confirmed if he was the deceased man found Sunday.
For about 20 hours over three days, crews from the Dayton Fire Department’s water rescue teams searched for the victim, according to the news release from French. Friends and family also walked along the riverbanks trying to find him.
Additional help came from Dayton Police, Five Rivers MetroParks, West Carrollton Police, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Fire, Christian Aid Ministries, Deana Hudgins with the Center for Forensic Training and Education, Moraine Fire and Police and the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.
Five Rivers MetroParks and the coroner’s office are investigating.
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