Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 | 4:47 p.m.
The National Park Service has suspended dive operations in the search for 50-year-old Gerardo Escobedo of Lawndale, Calif., who drowned Sunday afternoon in Lake Mohave.
Park rangers will continue to make a daily search of the area by boat, said Andrew Munoz, spokesman for the Park Service.
Escobedo drowned near the mid-channel of the lake where water depths vary between 90 and 110 feet. Bullhead City Fire Department divers dove where he was last seen on Sunday and Bullhead City Police Department divers dove Monday without finding him.
Vessel Assist searched the area using an underwater camera and sonar.
The National Park Service received a report of the drowning at 3:11 p.m. Sunday near Eight-Three Collar Cove.
According to witnesses the man jumped into the water to retrieve a lost hat. He went underwater and has not been seen since. He wasn't wearing a life jacket.
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