Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.:
The kayaker pulled from the York River has been identified as a 29-year-old North Chesterfield man.
His name was Nelson B. Valvedere, according to Laurie Naismith, spokeswoman for the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
Valvedere, of the 4800 block of Stanley Drive, was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident nor was one located within the kayak.
Sunday 2:53 p.m.:
The body of a kayaker found yesterday in the York River belongs to an adult male, according to Laurie Naismith, spokeswoman for the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
His identity is not yet being released to the public because his family has not been properly notified, Naismith said. She did not have the man’s exact age.
Saturday 7 p.m.:
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission located the body of a missing kayaker in the York River around 5:15 p.m. Saturday evening, according to a U.S. Coast Guard news release.
The commission located and recovered the body using side-scan sonar, the release said.
The identity of the kayaker will be withheld until next of kin notifications are complete.
Saturday 4:10 p.m.:
The U.S. Coast Guard was searching Saturday afternoon for a missing kayaker in the York River, south of the Belleview area.
James City County officials contacted the Coast Guard’s Command Center in Portsmouth around 12:50 p.m. after someone saw a lime green kayak capsize with one person on board, according to a statement from the Coast Guard. The kayak was spotted on the river just north of York River State Park.
Coast Guard officials got on scene just after 2 p.m. They are searching for the person using a 29-foot response boat and a Jayhawk helicopter out of an air station in Elizabeth City, N.C., the statement said.
Crews with James City County, Virginia Marine Resources Commission and Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries are helping, the statement said.
Crews were still on scene as of 4 p.m., according to the Coast Guard’s Twitter account.
