Date: August 9, 2009
Contact: Andrew S. Muñoz, 702-293-8691
CALIFORNIA MAN PRESUMED DROWNED IN LAKE MOHAVE
BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. - The National Park Service has suspended the search for a missing 50-year-old Lawndale, Calif. man who is presumed drowned in Lake Mohave. The search will resume tomorrow morning.
The National Park Service received a report of a possible drowing near Eighty-Three Dollar Cove at 3:11 p.m. Park rangers, Nevada Department of Wildlife game wardens, and Vessel Assist searched the area.
According to witnesses the man jumped into the water to retrieve a lost hat. He went underwater and has not been seen since. He wasn't wearing a life jacket.
Divers from Bullhead City Fire Department searched underwater, as of this evening there is no sign of the missing man.
The identity is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification.
- NPS -
LOCATION OF INCIDENT 35 17.183N, 114 39.794W
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