Authorities identify body found in Cache Creek
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A body found Sunday in Cache Creek has been identified as that of a young Southern California man.
The remains are those of 18-year-old Noe Figueroa, confirmed following an autopsy this week, according to Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
On Sunday afternoon a kayaker on Cache Creek found the body, which the sheriff’s office recovered approximately a half mile from the dam, on the lake side, as Lake County News has reported.
Through the investigation into Figueroa’s death, detectives learned that he came to the Ukiah area recently to visit family and made his way to the Lower Lake area where he had been staying for the past week at an unknown location, Paulich said.
Paulich said detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding Figueroa’s death.
The preliminary cause of death is drowning pending toxicology results, according to Paulich.
Sheriff’s detectives are asking anyone with information about Figueroa’s activities in Lake County from July 1 to 8, or anyone who may know where Figueroa was living, to contact Det. Richard Kreutzer at 707-262-4233, or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..