LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities are investigating the discovery of a body found in Clear Lake.

The body was reported to have come ashore at the Bella Laguna beach area off Golf Avenue in Clearlake on Tuesday afternoon.

Clearlake Police Chief Tim Hobbs confirmed to Lake County News that a deceased individual was recovered from the lake on Tuesday in that area.

Because the body was in the lake, which is the county jurisdiction, the Lake County Sheriff's Office is conducting the death investigation, Hobbs said.

Sheriff’s spokesperson Lauren Berlinn confirmed on Wednesday that the agency responded to the scene and conducted a coroner's investigation.

“At this time, the decedent has not been positively identified,” Berlinn said.

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