Body of man who went missing on Spanaway Lake recovered by divers
Body of man who went missing on Spanaway Lake recovered by divers
The Pierce County Sheriff's Department sent divers to recover a man who went missing in Spanaway Lake on Friday.
SPANAWAY, Wash. - The Pierce County Sheriff's Department sent divers to recover a man who went missing in Spanaway Lake on Friday.
Deputies received a call about a 69-year-old man who went into the water to fix a propeller of a boat and never resurfaced. That call went out around 5 p.m. on Friday.
The sheriff's department initially sent three divers to the scene.
An hour after the call went out, divers switched the designation from a rescue to a recovery.
Efforts ceased for the night on Friday due to minimal visibility.
The man's body was pulled from the lake on Saturday morning. He was located using sonar.