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The search for two missing boaters believed to have drowned came to a close Monday afternoon when search and recovery crews located the bodies of two men in Lake Eloise.
After nearly 48 hours of searching, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd delivered the sad update during a news conference Monday evening. The two men were identified earlier as 30-year-old Orlando Ortiz and 34-year-old Jeffrey Marrero. Marrero was found first at around 1:30 p.m. and Ortiz was located a couple of hours later.
Judd said the two men were found underwater about 300 to 400 yards away from where the boat was initially located. The area where they were was about 16 feet deep. The men were about 150 yards apart. During the search, rescue crews took into account the depth, water temperature, current and chop to locate the missing boaters.
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