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Two people are dead after going underwater and never resurfacing at the Sheep's Crossing Recreation Site on the Salt River northeast of Mesa.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office told 12News they were called to that area at about 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday due to reports of a drowning.
Deputies were told that multiple people "became distressed" while in the water, and at least two people who went underwater didn't resurface.
When deputies arrived, they found two people on Blue Rock Beach doing chest compressions on an unidentified man. Despite aid from deputies and paramedics, the man was pronounced dead.
The body of the second man who went underwater, identified as 25-year-old Abdul Khaliqi, was not found until Saturday.
MCSO said deputies were searching the river on an airboat at about 9:30 a.m. after getting reports of "an anomaly located in the water."
Khaliqi's body was found in about eight feet of water. Divers were called in to recover his body, and were able to do so at about noon on Saturday.
It is not known what led to Khaliqi and the other man becoming distressed and drowning. MCSO said they are still investigating what happened.
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