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Coastal boat accident leaves one Lake County man dead, second missing
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday it has identified a body that washed ashore on Friday as that of 58-year-old Charles Case.
A second Lake County resident, Kenneth Silva, 61, remains missing, the agency said.
At 3:41 p.m. Friday Mendocino County Sheriff's deputies responded to the report of a deceased adult male washed ashore near the Ten Mile Dunes, north of MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg.
Authorities said that man later was identified as Case.
Deputies arrived and determined that Case had been aboard a small pleasure craft that had capsized and also washed ashore, approximately one-half mile north of where Case was located.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies developed information that Silva also was aboard the vessel when it was launched from Noyo Harbor less than two hours prior.
Over the next 24 hours, the ocean area was searched by the US Coast Guard and the shoreline was checked by California State Park Rangers and Mendocino Sheriff's Search and Rescue volunteers, which was unsuccessful in locating Silva.
Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputies are continuing daily searches with limited in-county resources when they are available.
Friends of the two men posted memorials to them on Facebook, where Case’s account lists him as a self-employed commercial fisherman.
Both men reportedly grew up in the Richmond area.