Woman drowns in Beaver Lake
October 15, 2009
By J.B. Wogan
Updated: Oct. 15, 5:50 p.m.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled that the woman who drowned in Beaver Lake committed suicide, though friends said they think it was an accident. The woman could not swim, they said.
She had came to the Seattle area in 2000, after growing up in Guntur, a city in south India.
Earlier reports from police described a Beaver Lake resident who drowned Oct. 14. The woman walked into the lake from the park’s beach area around 8:15 p.m., according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. A dive unit from the sheriff’s office found her 25 feet from shore.
Medics from Eastside Fire & Rescue responded to the emergency call around 9:15 p.m. and tried to resuscitate her, but she had already been dead for about 40 minutes, according to Sgt. Robert Baxter, of the Sammamish Police Department.
She was apparently upset after an argument with her husband and left her house to go for a walk, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. A friend watched as she waded into the water and disappeared.
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