Heredia

[e-re-thyah, ey-rey-dya]

noun

1. José María de 1842–1905, French poet, born in Cuba.

2. a city in central Costa Rica, N of San José.

Example Sentences

Renowned diver Juan Heredia, who has garnered a reputation for locating drowning victims, also volunteered to help with the search.

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In little more than a year, Juan Heredia, a scuba instructor from Stockton, has developed a strange specialty: He has found the bodies of a dozen drowning victims in California rivers after authorities had either given up or paused searches because they deemed conditions too dangerous.

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Heredia said he located Anthony’s body about 45 feet underwater in the waterfall pool that leads into the North Fork American River.

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Heredia said he was hired by a family friend and hiked about seven miles through rugged terrain to locate the site and the bodies.

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Juan Heredia — a diver with the Stockton-based Angels Recovery Dive Team, a nonprofit that specializes in recovering drowned bodies for grieving families — discovered the trio Saturday morning.

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