June 9, 2025

Beachgoers find body in the Willamette at Cathedral Park on Saturday

A person visiting the

swimming dock

at Cathedral Park pulled a body from the Willamette River on Saturday afternoon.

The body had been in the river

for some time

, said Deputy John Plock of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the death. The county medical examiner will work to identify the body and determine the person’s cause of death.

The body recovered on Saturday was the 11th that the county sheriff’s office has recovered from Portland area waterways so far this year, Plock said. Several of those bodies have been

recovered at Cathedral Park

.

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