Gerald L. Harris, 54, of Mineral
Update: A body has been found in Mineral Lake. Story here: http://www.chronline.com/news/sheriff-s-office-human-remains-found-in-mineral-lake/article_f9839e8a-7df7-11e7-97fc-f3573c9253da.html
A Mineral man first thought to have drowned July 5 at Mineral Lake has still not been found, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this week.
“We’re still waiting for some kind of break,” Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said in a briefing with the Lewis County Board of Commissioners Tuesday.
Gerald L. Harris, 54, of Mineral, was first reported as a drowning victim by a 49-year-old woman he was boating with in the afternoon of July 5.
She reported he went overboard, but she was allegedly very intoxicated. No other witnesses saw the incident.
However, repeated searches by divers using sonar were unable to locate Harris’s body or firm evidence that he’d drowned.
The Sheriff’s Office is treating the incident as a missing person case.
Sheriff Rob Snaza noted Tuesday that he believes Harris has a warrant out for his arrest.
