LOGSDEN – The body of a recent Newport High School graduate was recovered from the Siletz River early Sunday six hours after he was reported struggling in the water in a remote area of the Siletz gorge two miles upstream of Moonshine Park.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said the body of Dallas Davis, 18, was pulled from the water shortly after midnight by members of the Lane County Search and Rescue dive team that had been called into recover the body in a challenging location.

In a news release Sunday, the sheriff’s office said that its deputies and Siletz Fire Department personnel received a call at 6:33 p.m. Saturday of a missing swimmer east of the popular park. The sheriff’s office said bystanders reported witnessing a young man jumping off rocks into the river but having trouble getting out of the water. Reported attempts by bystanders to locate and rescue the swimmer were unsuccessful.

Emergency personnel spotted Davis’ body at 7:09 p.m. in 10- to 12-feet of water just downstream from where he was last seen, the sheriff’s office said.

The Lane County dive team recovered his body just after midnight, the sheriff’s office said. This death is being investigated as a drowning, according to the news release.

Davis graduated June 6 from Newport High School.