{"id":413872,"date":"2026-09-29T16:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413872\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:36:14","slug":"missing-swimmer-found-dead-after-search-at-wekiva-springs-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413872\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing swimmer found dead after search at Wekiva Springs State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SQIMJBYHC5BCVJZH3KZB5INXJE.jpg\"\/>Generic water (Image by NoName_13 from Pixabay) (Pixabay)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Investigators recovered a body from the water amid a search for a missing swimmer at Wekiva Springs State Park on Monday evening, according to the Seminole County Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">A SCFD spokesperson told News 6 that the agency initially received a call about a man who was swimming at Wekiva Island but went underwater without resurfacing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">SCFD confirmed that it sent dive teams to search for the man, though he was ultimately discovered dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The incident appears consistent with an accidental drowning, according to investigators. Detectives found no suspicious circumstances and no indication that an alligator was involved, though the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The swimmer\u2019s identity has not been released. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorAnthony Talcott headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790699774_919_f419bf27-87f9-491c-833f-62836dad10d2.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/team\/MD8EZ7SZ4M3DA2IC1LP1S3T9LX\/\" title=\"View Anthony Talcott&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Talcott<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Anthony, a graduate of the University of Florida, joined ClickOrlando.com in April 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Generic water (Image by NoName_13 from Pixabay) (Pixabay) SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Investigators recovered a body from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4424,3428,139,141,140,1014,163844],"class_list":["post-413872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-death-investigation","tag-missing","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-seminole-county","tag-wekiva-springs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}