Lake Cachuma Drowning Victim Identified
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office has identified the woman who drowned in Lake Cachuma on Sunday evening near the Bradbury Dam.
The Coroner’s Bureau confirms the decedent is 30-year-old Sandra Edith Escobar Garcia of Santa Paula. The death does not appear suspicious, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Update by edhat staff
A 30-year-old woman drowned in Lake Cachuma on Sunday evening.
At 5:12 p.m. Santa Barbara County Firefighters, Sheriff's Deputies, a water rescue team, and a helicopter responded to Lake Cachuma near Bradbury Dam for a report of a missing person who was with a group of visitors.
The search was narrowed to the area where the woman was last seen. A county fire captain dove into the water and found the victim in approximately 20 feet of water. The patient was brought to the surface where emergency medical care was given.
The victim was declared dead at the scene. The identity is being withheld pending the notification of next of kin.
Drowning at Lake Cachuma near the Bradbury Dam.
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Sep 24, 2020 08:16 AMSad, such a young woman. Condolences to her family.
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Sep 22, 2020 09:42 PMSounds like some of you are assuming she was swimming....unless you have some inside info ????
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Sep 23, 2020 01:36 PMSorry D8, no one is assuming anything or even speculating ... just asking. Is that okay with you?
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Sep 22, 2020 09:45 AMSometimes responders don't know or if they do are not at liberty to say. There may be an investigation and the info may come out at a later time.
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Sep 22, 2020 09:23 AMVery sad. It is so weird to get this kind of information without explanations of how this happened from responders. With the fact that people aren't supposed to swim in there, makes you wonder did she fall off of something and couldn't swim, get trapped under something?
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Sep 21, 2020 12:23 PMI have no idea just heard the call.
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Sep 21, 2020 10:40 AMCorrect OCEANDREW no swimming allowed. Mysterious.
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Sep 21, 2020 10:23 AMI thought swimming in Lake Cachuma was not allowed. Was she kayaking/boating? Any explanation at all?
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Sep 20, 2020 07:45 PM"Roger, that"
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Sep 20, 2020 07:29 PMI heard that 2nd transmission too the same way you heard it...Thanks for posting
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Sep 20, 2020 07:00 PMSheriffs asked for dispatch of the 'on-call,' to a boat ramp near the dam, so it sounds like there was a drowning. All I heard
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Sep 20, 2020 06:15 PMSomeone is missing in the water near Bradberry Damn..