October 2, 2023 - Merced County Sheriff's Office officials report that at approximately 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning, Deputies 
responded to the San Luis Reservoir for a report of an unresponsive male along the Northeast bank near the Romero Visitor Center.
The Merced County Sheriff’s Office Water Rescue and Recovery Team was requested to recover the individual. We’re sad to say that the man was identified as Mr. Cheng, who has been missing for over a week.
We want to thank the various agencies and teams collaborating with us to search for Mr. Cheng. However, this isn’t the ending we hoped for, and we send our deepest condolences to his loved ones.
Source & photo: Merced County Sheriff's Office
