Palo Alto Man Theodore Fletcher Drowns In Lake Tahoe Near Meek's Bay

EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) — A Palo Alto man drowned last week after falling out of a boat on Lake Tahoe.

According to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, on May 5 at around 9:20 a.m, authorities received the report that two men had fallen from their boat into the water near Meek's Bay.

Deputies, the Coast Guard, and firefighters responded to the scene, where they discovered that one of the boaters was able to get out of the water on their own. The other boater, later identified as 58-year-old Theodore Fletcher of Palo Alto, could be seen at the bottom of the lake under approximately 15 feet of water.

The Coast Guard recovered Fletcher from the water. He was pronounced dead at the scene.