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CLEAR LAKE – The Lake County Sheriff's Office reported Tuesday afternoon that they had recovered the body of a Vacaville man who went missing in the lake Saturday evening.
A report from LCSO Lt. Cecil Brown said that 44-year-old John Leon Stockton, was found at noon.
Search and Rescue members and the North Shore Dive Team had been searching for Stockton since Saturday evening, after it was reported that he fell from the back of his boat and into the water, and didn't resurface.
They were joined in the efforts by Tom Tessier of Santa Rosa-based Aqua-Tec Inc., a company that operates sophisticated sonar equipment, Brown reported.
With Tessier's help, dive team members found Stockton's body underwater, Brown said, and later positively identified him.
Brown said Stockton's family was notified of his recovery Tuesday afternoon.
LCSO has initiated a coroner's investigation into the cause of Stockton's death, Brown said. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.
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CLEAR LAKE – On Monday sheriff's deputies and Search and Rescue teams continued to look for a missing Vacaville man who reportedly fell into the lake and disappeared Saturday evening.
John Stockton fell from the back of his boat near Buckingham Point and didn't resurface, according to a report from Lake County Sheriff's Office Lt. Gary Basor.
Rescue efforts launched Saturday evening, Basor reported Sunday.
Basor, who is supervising the rescue operations, was back on the water Monday to continue the search, according to Lt. Cecil Brown.
However, no further information was forthcoming from the sheriff's office by the end of the day Monday about the status of the search.
A co-worker of Stockton's longtime girlfriend at First Priority Financial in Fairfield said Stockton, the father of two daughters, was accompanied by his girlfriend on this recent trip to Clear Lake.
The sheriff's office has been assisted in the search by REACH, and dive teams and search dogs from agencies in Alameda, Sonoma and Sacramento County, and the California Rescue Dog Association.
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