Amador County – Water response units from Amador County Sheriff’s Department and the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department continued a search this week for a Fremont man who disappeared during a boating accident Wednesday at Lake Camanche.
Amador County Undersheriff Jim Wegner released details of the incident today, that is Friday, Sept. 16. The incident is being investigated as a Missing Person case. Wegner said shortly after noon on Wednesday, the Amador County Sheriff’s Department “received a 9-1-1 phone call from Nancy Mosley, 69, of Fremont. Mrs. Mosley reported that she and her husband, Kenneth Edward Mosley, 70, of Fremont were boating at Lake Comanche.”
The Mosleys reportedly “beached the vessel in a cove at the east end of Lake Comanche where Mr. Mosley and the family dog disembarked the vessel. The vessel began to drift away while Mr. Mosley was on shore. Mrs. Mosley was unfamiliar with the operation of the vessel, and Mr. Mosley entered the water in an attempted to swim after the boat.”
Wegner said “Mrs. Mosley attempted to throw Mr. Mosley a personal flotation device, however Mr. Mosley disappeared under the water.”
The Amador County Sheriff’s Marine Unit and Dive Team responded to the scene, he said. “A search of the immediate area was conducted however Mr. Mosley was not located. The search for Mr. Mosley resumed Thursday, Sept. 15.”
The ACSO Dive Team utilized various search patterns and underwater graphing technology, he said. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit assisted the Amador Dive Team by deploying a side scan sonar in the cove.
Wegner said additionally, two California Rescue Dog Association water canines were used in an attempt to locate Mr. Mosley. The search was to resume today, that is Friday Sept. 16 and will include Army Corp of Engineers personnel, who will deploy a new technology sonar device.
Wegner said “the depth of the cove wherein Mosley was reported to have disappeared is approximately 25 feet deep. The water temperature is 79 degrees and visibility ranges from four feet to a few inches.”
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