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Flaming Gorge drowning victim identified as retired police officer

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mikal Wersland South Salt Lake Police, talks about the search for Hser Ner Moo, on the witness stand in Judge Judith Atherton's court room, at the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City, Thursday, January 9, 2014. Esar Met is accused of killing 7-year-old Hser Ner Moo, who disappeared on March 31, 2008.

The man who drowned Sunday in Flaming Gorge Reservoir was identified Monday as Mikal Wersland, 47.

Wersland was a retired police officer with the Unified Police Department. A UPD news release said he also had worked for South Salt Lake police.

“Our deepest condolences and prayers are with his family and friends,” said the news release from UPD and Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera.

FOX 13 reported Wersland drowned in Cedar Springs Marina. Daggett County Sheriff Erik Bailey told the station that his staff was dispatched to the marina at around 2:10 p.m.

They found the man, who turned out to be Wersland, unresponsive. He was later pronounced dead.

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