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Police identify drowning victim from community lake in Avondale

Police identified 35-year-old Jorge Aguilar as the body found in an Avondale community lake on Sunday afternoon.

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The body of a man was pulled from a community lake in Avondale on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

The Avondale Police Department identified the victim as 35-year-old Jorge Aguilar on Sunday afternoon and determined his cause of death was a drowning.

Officers were called to the area of 107th Avenue and Indian School Road around 1:30 p.m. Saturday after a caller found what they said was a dead person in a lake, police said.

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When medical personnel arrived at the scene, they found Aguilar, who appeared to be in his 30s, and confirmed he was dead.

There were no signs of injury, and the investigation is ongoing.

Earlier in the week, a body was found in a pond at the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club in Phoenix.

Kylie Werner KTAR.com editor

Kylie Werner is a web content editor for KTAR.com. Werner is from Bonita, California, or just 15 minutes south of San Diego. Since graduating from the Cronkite school in December 2023, she has spent her time covering local and hyperlocal news for… Read more

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