DWR places blockades around Thermalito Afterbay Cement blocks sit at the shoreline of the Thermalito Afterbay at the Monument Hill boat launch near Oroville, California on Thursday, May 8, 2025.

The sheriff's office said at 9:12 a.m., a citizen walking walking on the west bank of the Thermalito Afterbay, just south of the Highway 162 bridge, spotted the body in the water and called 911.

The sheriff's office said at 9:12 a.m., a citizen walking on the west bank of the Thermalito Afterbay, just south of the Highway 162 bridge, spotted the body in the water and called 911.

(FOX40.COM) — Through DNA analysis, the body recovered from Thermalito Afterbay in Butte County on Sunday has been identified as Wesley Cornett, the second of two brothers who went missing in… ...

OROVILLE – A body believed to be the second missing duck hunter at the Thermalito Afterbay in Butte County was found on Sunday, authorities said. The Butte County Sheriff's Office said a body ...

Police believe a body found on Sunday, Jan. 5, near the Thermalito Afterbay belongs to 17-year-old Wesley Cornett Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 ...

Authorities believe they have found the body of a 17-year-old boy who went missing on a duck hunting trip with his 19-year-old brother in Northern California last month — nearly a week after the older ...

The body of Wesley Cornett, 17, the last of two teenagers who went missing in the Thermalito Afterbay during a hunting trip on Dec. 14, has been recovered, the Butte County Sheriff's Office (BCSO ...

Wesley Cornett, 17, presumably found after a body was located in Thermalito Afterbay in Butte County, CA. His brother Andruw Cornett, 19, was located last week.

Wesley Cornett, 17, presumably found after a body was located in Thermalito Afterbay in Butte County, CA. His brother Andruw Cornett, 19, was located last week.