The body of a 19-year-old Petaluma man who went missing while swimming in the Truckee River during last week’s heat wave was discovered Monday, authorities said.
Brian Marcellino Gallardo was discovered by rescue divers near Floriston following a multiday search, according to the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office. He had been swimming with friends on Saturday when he went underneath and did not reappear.
The search began that afternoon and continued over the weekend, resulting in a big, coordinated response from numerous agencies. Crews deployed “K9 teams, drones, helicopters, swift water rescue teams, rescue swimmers, and ground searchers on foot,” according to the sheriff’s office…