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Body recovered from Cottonwood Lake at Hellyer County Park

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Body recovered from Cottonwood Lake at Hellyer County Park

County
Santa Clara
Location
Cottonwood Lake, Hellyer County Park, 996 Hellyer Avenue, San Jose, CA 95111
Category
Rescue / Recovery
Watch Tags
None
Severity
high
Priority
high
Occurred On
2026-05-17 13:40:00
Published On
2026-05-18 14:23:00
Status
Late Breaking
Occurred Confidence
Exact
Published Confidence
Exact
First Seen
2026-05-18 12:57:54
Last Seen
2026-05-19 10:48:39
Source Records
2
Match Review
Probable Duplicate Match
Source
Man dies by apparent drowning at Hellyer Park in San Jose, sheriff says
Source URL
https://abc7news.com/post/man-dies-apparent-drowning-cottonwood-lake-san-joses-hellyer-county-park-sheriff-says/19121500/

Summary

Source-linked reporting indicates park rangers were alerted to a person in distress in Cottonwood Lake, followed by a response from the Sheriff's Office dive resources, San Jose Fire, and park rangers. The individual was recovered from the lake and pronounced deceased, so this item is logged as a fatal water-rescue/body-recovery incident.

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  • TXT Report: Intel_051926_1048.txt
  • JSON Export: Intel_051926_1048.json
  • Archive: archive_20260519_104839.json
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2 source records
Occurred On Published On County Source Report Run Update Report File
2026-05-17 13:40:00 2026-05-18 14:23:00
Late Breaking
Santa Clara Man dies by apparent drowning at Hellyer Park in San Jose, sheriff says 2026-05-19 10:48:39
local_import_merge / Oakland
Source-linked reporting indicates park rangers were alerted to a person in distress in Cottonwood Lake, followed by a response from the Sheriff's Office dive resources, San Jose Fire, and park rangers. The individual was recovered from the lake and pronounced deceased, so this item is logged as a fatal water-rescue/body-recovery incident. Intel_051926_1048.txt
2026-05-17 13:40:00 2026-05-17 20:47:00 Santa Clara Body recovered after incident at Hellyer County Park in San Jose 2026-05-18 12:57:54
local_import_merge / Oakland
Source-linked reporting indicates park rangers were alerted to a person in distress in Cottonwood Lake at Hellyer County Park, prompting San José Fire and sheriff dive-team response. A body was recovered and the person was pronounced dead later that afternoon, so this item is logged as a fatal water-rescue/body-recovery incident. Intel_051826_1257.txt