Diver Found Dead At Salt Point State Park

SONOMA COUNTY, CA -- The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has identified an abalone diver who was found dead in the water at Salt Point State Park on Tuesday as Kenneth Klaverweiden, 32, of Sonora.

A woman walking on the beach at Fisk Mill Cove found Klaverweiden's body, sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Crum said.

The sheriff's office was informed of the death at 1:45 p.m. Salt Point State Park employees retrieved the body and the sheriff's helicopter Henry-1 brought it off of the beach to a roadside parking lot, Crum said.

Klaverweiden was diving by himself, Crum said.

By Bay City News Service

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