The State - News from May 29, 1985

Shasta County authorities arrested two Sacramento area men on manslaughter charges in the weekend deaths of two Oregon State University students on Lake Shasta. The students were mowed down in the water Saturday evening by a boat that had been towing them on a 15-by-2-foot water sled. The students were dumped into the water when their sled tipped over, witnesses said. They said the driver of the tow boat turned his craft around, apparently in an effort to help them, but instead ran them over. Killed was Thomas Morrish, 22, of Calgary, Canada. Lauri Chiaretta, 22, of Fullerton, was missing and presumed dead, sheriff’s deputies said. Arrest warrants were issued for two Orangevale men who surrendered to deputies in Redding. Gary Jones, 32, and Mark Thomas, 30, were charged with manslaughter. Both posted $35,000 bail and were released.