Authorities in Delaware County have identified all of the adults who drowned Sunday in the Scioto River near Riverside Drive by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
The victims are 33-year-old Jose Mario Pineda Diaz, 29-year-old Marina Suyapa Regalado Miranda, 30-year-old Carmen Idalia Ferrera Lara, 34-year-old Miguel Angel Guerra Ruiz, and 18-year-old Jonathan Gabriel Vargas.
All are listed as being from Columbus, though Honduran authorities have said that at least four were Honduran citizens.
Delaware County authorities found the victims after receiving a call from a passing driver. She told police that she saw a small child by the road.
"He just had a towel wrapped around him and he was screaming 'mama, mama,' and he's about to come out onto the road," the caller told a police dispatcher.
A police call log from the incident says another caller stopped and found alcohol in the area and what appeared to be a body in the water.
Police recovered the bodies of the two women Sunday night. The bodies of the three men were found on Monday.
Regalado Miranda and Diaz were married and are believed to be the parents of the two surviving children found at the scene. A woman who described herself as a relative said the children are ages 8 and 10.
The children have been in the care of the state of Ohio, but are expected to eventually be reunited with relatives in Honduras.
Two of the other victims were also a married couple.
A passing boater, Marcus L. Martin, took what he believes is the last photo of the drowning victims alive. It shows five adults wading hip-deep in the river. Some hold fishing poles.
Martin noted that the area was notoriously dangerous due to the steep slope and drop-off to deeper water.
Delaware County Sheriff Jeff Balzer said the group was not using a boat.
"I understand that one person got in the river, was struggling in the water, two people went in to try to save them. Those people started to struggle in the river. Now we had two additional go in the water," Balzer said.
The government of Honduras said it is working with the U.S. to bring the victims' bodies home. The repatriation process could take at least a month.
