Overview
- The 27-foot Chris-Craft Launch capsized Saturday near D.L. Bliss State Park when a sudden squall produced 8-foot waves and wind gusts over 35 mph.
- The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the victims’ identities as Paula Bozinovich, Terry Pickles, Joshua Antony Pickles, Peter Bayes, Timothy O’Leary, Theresa Giullari, James Guck and Stephen Lindsay.
- Two passengers survived and were treated for injuries and hypothermia at a local hospital.
- The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday after covering more than 390 square miles, and teams recovered the final body Monday.
- The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office expressed its deepest condolences to the families of those lost in the tragedy.