Man Told His Family He’d Call Them Back After a Swim. Officials Found His Body Days Later
- - Man Told His Family He’d Call Them Back After a Swim. Officials Found His Body Days Later
Jillian FrankelAugust 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Nikolas Tomasevic's body was recovered three days after he went missing. -
Officials in the San Francisco Bay Area recovered the body of Nikolas Tomasevic, 35, about three days after he went missing during a swim
His body was found at Aquatic Park Cove on Tuesday, Aug. 26
"Our best friend, cousin, brother, son went to do what he loved the most and never came back," a loved one wrote in a GoFundMe
The body of a 35-year-old swimmer has been recovered after he went missing in San Francisco, according to police.
The body of Nikolas Tomasevic was found at Aquatic Park Cove around 9:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Aug. 26, the San Francisco Police Department announced in an online statement, thanking the divers for "their relentless efforts in searching for the missing swimmer."
The SFPD responded to a report of a missing swimmer around 2:20 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, the department said in a previously statement obtained by PEOPLE.
A reporting party advised that Tomasevic was last seen around 10:15 a.m. that morning, swimming in Aquatic Park Cove wearing an orange swim cap and trunks.
An initial search of the area proved unsuccessful and police went on to say the gap in time between when the swimmer was last seen and when he was reported missing would hinder their efforts.
"Unfortunately, that person waited four hours to let us know. That is the gap in time that doesn't really allow us to get a pinpoint location," said San Francisco Fire Department Lt. Mariano Elias, according to ABC affiliate KGO-TV. "We worked with the police department, the coast guard and highway patrol to try to look using sonar and basically try to see where that person was, we had no luck finding them."
On Sunday, Aug. 24, the San Francisco Marine unit continued a search of the nearby area and piers using divers, remote operated vehicle sonars and cameras, a spokesperson for the department added.
The morning he disappeared, Tomasevic spoke on the phone with family members in Serbia, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. He'd planned to call them back after his swim, but never got the chance.
“I go between crying and shock,” his wife, Aleksandra Ivanova, told the newspaper. “You never think this would happen. He was the kindest and the best person.” She added that he'd experienced epilepsy in the past.
Tomasevic was a member of the Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club, KGO-TV reported.
"This is a tight community, and Nikolas was part of it as are his friends. It's a sad day here," the club's vice president, Ken Coren, told the station.
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"Our best friend, cousin, brother, son went to do what he loved the most and never came back," a loved one wrote in a GoFundMe raising money to cover the cost of transporting Tomasevic's remains from San Francisco to Serbia according to his family's wishes.
"Nikolas will be remembered [as a] kind, selfless, decent, human being," the organizer continued. "The Dolphin Club was his happy place and he left us doing what he loved the most, swimming in the Bay."
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