NORTH COAST, Calif. – A Federal Bureau of Investigation dive team this week recovered skeletal remains from Lake Sonoma.
The remains were first located on Dec. 9, according to Lt. Carlos Basurto of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Bureau.
On that day, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office received a report that possible skeletal remains had been located in the lake at a depth of 100 feet by a recreational diver, according to Basurto.
On Dec. 10 and again on Dec. 12, the Marin County Sheriff’s Department Dive Team made several attempts to retrieve the remains, Basurto said.
The depth of the dive and poor visibility made the retrieval extremely difficult. However, Basurto said the dive team was able to confirm the presence of skeletal remains and retrieved several large bones from an area underneath the bridge at Lake Sonoma.
Because of the complexity of the dive, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance of the FBI Technical Dive Team, Basurto said.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the FBI dive team was able to retrieve the majority of the skeletal remains, according to Basurto.
At this time the remains are unidentified and the case is being investigated by the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office, he said.
Anyone with possible information regarding these remains is asked to contact the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office at 707-565-5070.