LAKE HAVASU CITY – The body of a man who went missing over the weekend was recovered from Lake Havasu Monday. That a man disappeared in the water near Thompson Bay was reported to the Mohave County Sheriff’s office at about 4:07 p.m. Sunday.
Search and dive operations that were unsuccessful Sunday resumed early Monday.
“At approximately 10:22 a.m., divers located the male subject deceased in approximately 21-feet of water,’’ said sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen. “The male victim has been identified as Gary Elliott Welmer, 67, of Lake Havasu City.”
Mortensen had no information regarding how Welmer came to be in the water. She said that is part of an ongoing investigation.
- Dave Hawkins
