Divers Sunday evening recovered the body of a 27-year-old Atlanta man who drowned in Lake Lanier over the weekend.
Ramon Diaz-Soria disappeared Saturday afternoon after jumping into the lake from a boat in a residential cove just north of Vanns Tavern Park in Forsyth County. Witnesses said he was wearing a life jacket, but it wasn’t properly fastened.
“Once in the water, he went under and did not resurface, leaving his life jacket floating on the surface,” said Georgia Department of Natural Resources Public Affairs Officer Mark McKinnon.
Family and witnesses told authorities Diaz-Soria was unable to swim.
Rescue teams from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, along with Forsyth and Hall County emergency crews, began searching immediately but had to suspend operations after dark, McKinnon said. The search resumed early Sunday morning, June 15.
Using advanced SONAR equipment, game wardens located Diaz-Soria’s body Sunday in 60 feet of water. Divers with Forsyth County Fire/EMS helped recover his body around 7:30 Sunday evening.
They turned his body over to the coroner.
