KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The body of a man who went missing from his sailboat last week on Clear Lake has been recovered.
Michael Eugene Haberski, 59, of Sebastopol had gone missing on the evening of Tuesday, June 7, in Konocti Bay, as Lake County News has reported.
His body was found at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, close to where he had last been seen, according to according to Lt. Steve Brooks.
On the night he disappeared witnesses reported seeing a man go into the water without a life jacket, according to reports from the scene.
Northshore Fire's fire boat and the Sheriff's Marine Patrol responded to find Haberski's sailboat 300 yards offshore in the middle of Konocti Bay, based on radio reports.
The search that followed primarily used side scan sonar, as visibility issues prevented the use of divers, Brooks said.
Officials with the Lake County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol had brought in search K9s from out of county to assist with the search on Saturday, and they were preparing to deploy the dogs when Haberski's body was found, having surfaced in the search area, according to Brooks.
Brooks said authorities are still investigating why Haberski went into the lake.
An autopsy is scheduled that will give Haberski's cause of death and will document any injuries, said Brooks, adding it will take at least a few days to get those preliminary results.
Haberski was a retired Petaluma firefighter who also had taught fire technology at Santa Rosa Junior College, according to his Linked In profile.
He was the third person to have died in Clear Lake in about a week and a half, as Lake County News has reported.
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