(FOX40.COM) — The eight victims who died after a 27-foot boat capsized on Lake Tahoe over the weekend have been identified, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office confirms the victims to be:
- 71-year-old Paula Bozinovich of Redwood City
- 73-year-old Terry Pickles of from Redwood City
- 37-year-old Joshua Antony Pickles of San Francisco
- 72-year-old Peter Bayes of Lincoln
- 71-year-old Timothy O’Leary from Auburn
- 66-year-old Theresa Giullari of Honeoye, NY
- 69-year-old James Guck of Honeoye, NY
- 63-year-old Stephen Lindsay of Springwater, NY.
EDCSO said deputies responded to reports of an overturned boat containing 10 people on South Lake Tahoe around 3 p.m. on June 21, near D.L. Bliss State Park.
Emergency crews arrived to find six people dead and two people missing. Two others were rescued, deputies confirm.
The body of one of the missing people was recovered on Sunday evening, while the body of the last missing person was found around 2:40 p.m. on Monday.
The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office thanks local agencies for their help in recovering the bodies of those missing.
