A large scale search for a then-missing man was launched in the evening of April 11 after a woman was rescued from waters of Nanaimo. (submitted photo)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

BODY FOUND

Body recovered in waters off Protection Island identified

May 31, 2022 | 12:04 PM

NANAIMO — Local Mounties confirmed the identity of a man following the recovery of a body due to a suspected drowning in mid-April.

Nanaimo RCMP report a body was recovered during a search on May 3, with a formal identification in the weeks since confirming it was 59-year-old Kent Schroeder.

Schroeder was on board a boat in waters between Nanaimo and Protection Island when he went overboard around 8:40 p.m. on April 11.

A woman also on board was rescued by first responders in an extremely hypothermic state, according to police.

Emergency crews conducted a massive search the same evening, continuing into the following days on the assumption Schroeder had drowned, however were unable to recover his body.

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Reserve Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW in April there was no evidence to suggest anything criminal occurred, however police are asking any witnesses to the incident to contact them.

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