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Update: Police indicated at 12:19 p.m. the body has been recovered. The coroner gave his name as Roger Anderson.

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CENTRALIA – Search operations resumed this morning at Plummer Lake in Centralia where a man got separated from his flat-bottomed boat and disappeared under the water yesterday.

He is a 65-year-old Centralia resident, according to the Centralia Police Department.

A witness had seen the man fishing, and then saw him swimming toward a a life jacket while the boat moved away powered by a small electric trolling motor just before noon according to police.

Detective Patty Finch said authorities have contacted at least one of the man’s family members.

Police, firefighters and a dive team worked until dark last night and did not find him.

The lake is adjacent to Interstate 5 and is very deep, according to responders.

Nobody saw what happened that caused him to get separated from his boat, Sgt. Pat Fitzgerald said yesterday.
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For background, read “Searchers comb Centralia lake for fisherman” from Monday October 5, 2015, here

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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