WILLMAR, Minn. 鈥� The body of missing kayaker Shane White of Overland Park, Kansas, has been found, his wife reported Tuesday morning in a Facebook post.
"Shane has been found and is with our Lord and Savior," Kim White wrote in a Facebook post at 9:29 a.m. Tuesday.
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The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office had been leading a search for Shane White since Sunday when his kayak was found. He was staying on Nest Lake in rural Spicer and had not returned after leaving alone in a kayak Saturday night, according to initial reports.
White works as an electrical lineman, according to social media posts of his wife, and was in Minnesota on a lineman job. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
The sheriff's office last issued an update at 6 p.m. Monday "requesting that property owners in the vicinity (of Nest Lake) check shorelines and outbuildings for the missing man identified as Shane White, 39 of Overland Park, Kansas."
White was reported missing at 10:37 a.m. Sunday after he had failed to return to his vacation rental on the south side of Nest Lake. According to an initial news release from the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office, White reportedly left the rental alone in a kayak around 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
Law enforcement began an open water and shoreline search for White shortly after his kayak was found around 1:15 p.m. Sunday. The search continued Monday and early Tuesday.
At the scene Monday, the West Central Tribune observed vehicles from the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office, Stearns County Sheriff's Office, Kandiyohi County Rescue Squad and Spicer and New London fire departments parked at the boat access.
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