The following is a press release issued by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office:
On 06-30-2024 at around 2:14 PM, California State Park Rangers were dispatched to a missing person, who was last seen near the Pacific Ocean at Van Damme State Park in Little River, CA. State Park Rangers arrived and contacted family members of 70-year-old Robert William Frost and learned that Frost was last seen on the beach, near the edge of the Pacific Ocean.
State Park Rangers began to search the immediate area for Frost, and he was not initially located. Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department personnel arrived to assist State Park Rangers, searching the ocean with their Jet-Skis. At approximately 3:35 PM, Frost was located under the surface of the water near the “outer reef,” which is around 3,000 feet southwest of the beach. Robert was quickly transported to Big River Beach, where the time of death was declared by a Deputy Sheriff-Coroner at 3:48 PM.
Frost’s family members and legal next-of-kin were contacted and notified of his death. There was nothing suspicious noted during this coroner’s investigation that would be indicative of foul-play.
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