LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said its Marine Patrol has located the body of a Stockton man who was reported missing while boating over the weekend.
Lt. Corey Paulich said deputies located the body of Anthony Troy Jenkins, 48, on Tuesday morning.
Paulich said that on Saturday at noon the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol responded to the area of Shag Rock, an area offshore of Buckingham on Clear Lake, for a report of a male who possibly drowned.
When the Marine Patrol units arrived, occupants of a boat told them a male identified as Jenkins had fallen off the boat and had not resurfaced, Paulich said.
An initial search of the area was conducted by the Marine Patrol units, but Paulich said they were not able to locate Jenkins.
Paulich said the Northshore Fire Protection District Dive Team was requested to assist with the search. The dive team arrived approximately an hour after the incident was reported and began searching the area.
The Marine Patrol also utilized its side-scan sonar to search for Jenkins, but Paulich said Jenkins was not located and the search was halted in the late afternoon.
On Sunday at 6:30 a.m., the Marine Patrol units and the dive team again searched the area where Jenkins was last seen. Paulich said the area was searched for approximately seven hours, but Jenkins was not located and the search was halted.
Paulich said the search continued on Monday but Jenkins was still not located.
At 8 a.m. Tuesday, the body of a deceased male was located by Marine Patrol units in the area of Shag Rock, Paulich said.
The body is believed to be that of Jenkins, but Paulich said positive identification and cause of death are pending an autopsy that will occur later this week.
Authorities locate body of missing boater in Clear Lake
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