Body of man who went missing on Spanaway Lake recovered by divers

The Pierce County Sheriff's Department sent divers to recover a man who went missing in Spanaway Lake on Friday.

Deputies received a call about a 69-year-old man who went into the water to fix a propeller of a boat and never resurfaced. That call went out around 5 p.m. on Friday.

The sheriff's department initially sent three divers to the scene. 

An hour after the call went out, divers switched the designation from a rescue to a recovery. 

Efforts ceased for the night on Friday due to minimal visibility. 

The man's body was pulled from the lake on Saturday morning. He was located using sonar.