LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff's Office on Monday released the name of an elderly Bay Area man whose body was recovered from Clear Lake over the weekend.
Lt. Steve Brooks identified the man as Rudolf Schulze, 87, of San Lorenzo.
Schulze had been unloading his boat at the Fifth Street boat ramp on Saturday shortly after 3 p.m. when he dove into about 10 feet of water, according to witness accounts given to police.
After Schulze failed to resurface, Lakeport Fire and the Northshore Fire Dive Team responded, with divers finding his body a short time later, about 45 feet offshore, as Lake County News has reported.
“According to witnesses, Mr. Schulze drove to Lake County every couple of weeks to go fishing,” Brooks said.
While Schulze's death appears to have been from drowning, Brooks said the exact cause is pending the results of an autopsy.
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