California kayaker, 39, found dead 100 yards from the shore five days trends now
A father in California has been found dead days after he went missing in Tomales Bay - vanishing without a trace during a fishing trip with friends.
The discovery, made Wednesday by several divers who took part in the search, comes nearly a week after the disappearance of 39-year-old Clinton Yoshio Koga in waters some 30 miles north of San Francisco.
Koga, an avid kayaker who hailed from the Bay Area, had been crabbing when he disappeared last Friday, and at one point during the outing, braved the bay alone to retrieve a cage the group had left behind.
Within minutes, police said, members of the group noticed he was missing, with his kayak no longer visible from the shore.
On Wednesday, volunteer aquatic search group California Recovery Divers uncovered the kayaker's remains about 100 yards away from that shore, searchers said in an update to the group's Facebook page.
The discovery, made Wednesday, comes nearly a week after the disappearance of 39-year-old Clinton Yoshio Koga - seen here with his daughter Kailey in waters 30 miles north of South Francisco
'Honored to be able to recover Clinton Koga from Tomales Bay yesterday,' the post read, remarking that the retrieval effort was 'difficult work' due to currents currently being seen off the shore of Lawson's Landing - where the group had originally set off.
Police further revealed that prior to the breakthrough, the divers had only been helping in the search since Wednesday morning, meaning Koga's body was found just hours after they became involved.
On Wednesday, volunteer search group California Recovery Divers said it uncovered the kayaker's remains 100 yards away from this campground 30 miles north of San Francisco
'Many thanks to our volunteers for bringing Clinton home,' the update, penned Thursday morning, went on to add.
Marin County sheriffs added that the group found Koga's body at around 4:15pm, 'approximately 100 yards from the shore of Lawson's Landing.'
The corpse was then taken to shore and analyzed by paramedics at the landing's campground, whom quickly discerned
