BONNER COUNTY, Idaho – The Bonner County Sheriff’s Dive Team located a drowning victim who went missing Saturday afternoon.
Officials said members of Selkirk Fire arrive and immediately deployed an inflatable boat to begin a surface search for the missing person. Then, Sheriff’s Patrol Units arrived and members of the Sheriff’s Dive Unit arrived and began a sub-surface search.
The dive team was able to located and recover the victim, Jerry Larson, 50, from Athol, Idaho. Officials said Larson was with his family and had jumped from a dock into the lake to retrieve their remote control airplane, which was floating in the lake approximately 75 yards from the dock.
Larson’s family has been notified.
