Missing Santa Barbara Man James ‘Dingo’ Dominguez Recovered from Montana’s Flathead Lake, Returned Home

More than two months after he disappeared in Montana’s Flathead Lake during a training mission for a transatlantic rowing expedition, James “Dingo” Dominguez has been found.

“It’s with a heavy but grateful heart that I share: my brother James, lovingly known as Dingo, was found on September 23rd and recovered the following day,” wrote his twin brother, Jerry Dominguez, in an October 2 update posted to the family’s GoFundMe page.

Dominguez — a 58-year-old Marine Corps veteran, endurance athlete, and longtime Santa Barbara local — went missing on July 15 after a sudden storm overturned the boat he and his teammates were using to prepare for a November ocean crossing. Two members of the team were rescued and treated for hypothermia. Dingo was pulled away by the water and didn’t resurface…

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