Missing diver recovered from Lake Pleasant identified by MCSO
LAKE PLEASANT, Ariz. (FOX 10) -- Officials with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said late Tuesday afternoon that a missing diver has been recovered from Lake Pleasant.
News of the recovery was announced by Sgt. Joaquin Enriquez, on his unverified Twitter account late Tuesday afternoon.
According to a later statement released by MCSO Tuesday evening, the MCSO Dive Team, with help from a Goodyear-based company, recovered the missing diver at around 3:00 p.m.. The diver, identified as 30-year-old Joshua Rosen of Tucson, was recovered in water that was about 200 feet (~61 meters) deep.
According to earlier reports by FOX 10, deputies with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office got the call just before 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. There was a group of three people who were doing some recreational diving, and one man in the group never resurfaced. MCSO officials said Tuesday evening Rosen went missing, while conducting a technical scuba dive with two others at the Old Waddell Dam, and while an investigation into Rosen's death is ongoing, there are no indications of suspicious circumstances.