The body of 59-year-old Robert Belding, who went missing during last weekend’s atmospheric river is believed to have been found on Friday.
Belding was walking his brother’s dog near the Coquitlam River on Sunday when he disappeared.
The dog was found nearby, alive but wet and cold.
Coquitlam Search and Rescue said on Thursday that a witness reported seeing Belding being swept away after he went into the river to try to save the dog after it had fallen in.
RCMP and Coquitlam Search and Rescue were using dogs, drones and boats to search the river but found no sign of him.
Belding’s daughter said on Thursday that despite the witness account, the family was still hoping for a better ending.
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“It’s pretty scary,” daughter Jessica Belding told Global News.
“I mean, the police assumed that’s like the most likely story is that he fell into the river, and after seeing the location, we assume that’s the most likely story as well. But there’s always the possibility that something else happens.”
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