River drowning victim ID’d as Fair Oaks man

A man who died after getting tangled amid submerged trees in the American River at River Bend Park was identified by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office on Sunday as Josh Ray Rasmussen, 32, of Fair Oaks.

At 4:41 p.m. Saturday, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District received a report that a man had jumped from a raft into the river and had not surfaced.

A fire boat crew found the man, who had been been tangled in the trees, officials reported.

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