UPDATE 3:34 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 - Authorities have identified the body as 65-year-old Daniel Gallick, 65 of Oroville.
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BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. - The Butte County Sheriff's Office is investigating a body found in the Thermalito Afterbay on Friday.
Deputies were dispatched around 7:30 a.m. Friday to the Thermalito Afterbay near Monument Hill Road. They found a truck fully submerged in the water.
Search and rescue teams searched the area. They removed the unnocupied truck from the water.
Around 11:30 a.m., a body was discovered by a Department of Water Resources employee.
Authorities said the body found is a man but he has not been identified.
Stay with Action News Now for the latest updates as they become available.
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