BODY OF KAYAKER MISSING ON LAKE SUTHERLAND FOUND

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Update March 2, 2014:  The body of the missing fisherman has been found, ECM has learned.

March 1, 2014 (Ramona) – A search and rescue effort is underway at Lake Sutherland, where a kayar was found floating upside down at 5:20 p.m. in the Ramona lake.  According to Lt. Dave Schaller with the Sheriff’s office, the kayak is believed to be owned by a 55-year-old man who frequents the lake for fishing and is known to employees at the lake.

Deputies check the shoreline areas and requested help from th e Sheriff’s ASTREA helicopters. When the man was still not located, Sheriff’s Search and Rescue and San Diego City Life Guards were called into the lake, which is a City of San Diego Reservoir.

“This is an active search, which is expected to continue through the night,” Lt. Schaller said.


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