LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of a body in Clear Lake earlier this week.
On Wednesday at around 3 p.m., boaters called in what appeared to be a deceased person in the water on Lakeshore Boulevard in Nice, said sheriff’s office spokesperson Lauren Berlinn.
Berlinn said deputies responded and located the individual.
“With assistance from our marine patrol unit, the individual was removed from the water, and we are currently conducting a death investigation, identifying the individual, and working on notifying the next of kin once a positive ID has been made,” Berlinn told Lake County News on Friday.
As of Friday, the sheriff’s office had made positive identification on the body and was working on notifying the next of kin, Berlinn said.
Pending that notification, the sheriff’s office isn’t releasing the individual’s name.
Berlinn said the individual is not one of the missing persons the sheriff’s office currently is still working to locate.
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