Dead body of Marine found at Pine Flat Lake identified, sheriff's office says

UPDATE: The Fresno County Sheriff's Office on Thursday identified the man found dead one week ago at Pine Flat Lake as 21-year-old Yasbad Ukbamichael of Fresno. Sheriff's spokesman Tony Botti said the Coroner's Office has not ruled on a cause of death pending the results of toxicology tests.

According to the victim's Facebook page, Ukbamichael lived in Sacramento, was from Ethiopia, served in the Marines and graduated high school in 2014.

"Our beloved brother Yasbad Girmay life was taken away too soon," read a GoFundme page set up in Ukbamichael's honor and to help with funeral expenses. "For those who knows Yasbed, he was a kind, caring, and loving person with full of ambitions."

ORIGINAL STORY: A body was found June 28 at Pine Flat Lake, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.

Lt. Shawn Erwin said the male corpse was discovered near the Pine Flat Island Park Campground. A caller reported the discovery to the sheriff's office.

Erwin said the coroner was called out to the scene. The body was found just after 1 p.m.

Deputies also responded to a water rescue Thursday along a portion of the Kings River. Nobody there was injured, according to Erwin.

This story was originally published June 28, 2018 at 5:14 PM.