Authorities ID Tenino man as kayaker found dead in lake

Published 1:30 am Thursday, October 4, 2018

Associated Press

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Authorities have identified the kayaker whose body was found in a northern Colorado lake this week.

The Fort Collins Coloradoan reported that the Larimer County Coroner’s Office said Michael Nastiuk, 57, of Tenino, died of asphyxia by accidental drowning.

Authorities began searching for Nastiuk on Sunday after people reported seeing a man kayaking and later saw the vessel empty on Buckingham Lake.

Searchers using a sonar-equipped boat on the lake west of Loveland found his body in about 10 feet of water Tuesday afternoon.

His body was taken to the coroner’s office where an autopsy was conducted.