PHOTO: A Sagle scuba diver who went missing in Lake Pend Oreille was found dead earlier this month.
The unidentified 58-year-old man was diving with a partner amid the submerged wreckage of railroad cars near Trestle Creek on New Year's Day. The diving partner, 47-year-old Jacob Powlison, said he last saw his partner near the wreckage at a depth of 95 feet.
Powlison, Bonner County sheriff's officials said, had been out of the water for 48 minutes and told deputies he could not see any telltale bubbles issuing from his partner's scuba equipment.
The sheriff's dive team, Marine Patrol and firefighters from the Sam Owen and Northside fire districts conducted an extended search. The initial search involved sheriff's divers making multiple dives into the night to search around two of the sunken railroad cars at depths of over 100 feet.