By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CENTRALIA – Divers recovered the drowning victim from Plummer Lake in Centralia at approximately 11:45 a.m. yesterday.
The body of the 65-year-old Centralia man was identified by relatives at the scene, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Plummer Lake
The Lewis County Coroner’s Office today confirmed that Roger Anderson did indeed die from drowning and that it was an accident.
Anderson was fishing on Monday when somehow he got separated from his small boat, and subsequently disappeared under the water.
Nobody saw saw what happened that caused him to be outside his boat, but a witness observed Anderson trying to swim toward a life preserver while the boat moved away and the witness called 911, according to police Sgt. Pat Fitzgerald.
Numerous responders searched until dark on Monday, and on Tuesday, divers from the Pierce County Metro Dive Team located Anderson, according to Fitzgerald.
Authorities described the lake as murky and as much as 60 feet deep.
Fitzgerald said Anderson’s body was discovered very close to where he was last seen, in a depression about 30 feet down.
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For background, read “News brief: Centralia man still not located in lake” from Tuesday October 6, 2015, here
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