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Deputies recover body of man missing after Wellington Lake canoe accident

Henry Wendel and his wife were in the canoe when it overturned in the lake on March 22

DENVER, CO - AUGUST 1:  Danika Worthington - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies recovered the body of Henry Wendel, a man who had been missing since a canoe accident at Wellington Lake on March 22.

Wendel and his wife were in the canoe when it overturned in the lake. His wife was taken to a hospital with severe hypothermia and a multi-day search started for the 66-year-old man.

The search has been suspended twice because of weather. Deputies found Wendel in the lake on Friday.