Man who drowned in canal in western Colorado ID’d

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a man who drowned in a canal in the western Colorado town of Loma.

The Mesa County coroner’s office identified the victim as 37-year-old Janitzio De Filipe Diaz-Panigua, whose body was found May 10. His death has been ruled an accident.

KKCO-TV reports (https://goo.gl/zcYkaP ) Diaz-Panigua recently moved to Grand Junction from Glenwood Springs. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office had sought the public’s help in identifying the body.

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Information from: KKCO-TV, https://www.nbc11news.com