Dogs Help Find Body in Lake Mission Viejo
Sheriff’s bloodhounds Friday located the body of Garden Grove man reported missing after co-workers found his shirt floating on Lake Mission Viejo and his shoes and socks in his car, deputies said.
“All signs indicate that he has drowned,” Sheriff’s Sgt. Randy Benicky said, “but we don’t know for sure.”
The death of Rosalio Najera Colima, 21, is ruled as “undetermined” after an autopsy was performed Friday, pending further examination of toxicological and microscopic evidence, Benicky said.
The bloodhounds, recently trained for such missions, helped divers find the body at 10:45 a.m., at a depth of about 45 feet, he said. Colima had been wearing black pants and a belt.
He had been working at the Lakeview Chinese Restaurant on Vista Del Lago, which is on the lake shore.
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