TOWN OF JAVA, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Wyoming County Sheriff's Office recovered the body of a missing person from Java Lake in the Town of Java on Saturday evening.
Robert Fuller, 46, of Java Lake, was pronounced dead at the scene, and current evidence by the Sheriff's Office suggests the death was an accidental drowning.
According to the Sheriff's Office, just before 7 p.m. on Friday, the 911 center received a call reporting a capsized boat. Two people were reported to have gone into the water and only one was found.
Multiple agencies searched the lake on Saturday for nearly 12 hours until around 6 p.m., when SONAR technology identified an object underwater.
The object was recovered and identified as the missing person from the boat that capsized.
The Wyoming County Sheriff's Office is continuing to investigate.
