Overview
- Authorities received reports Thursday night that a 24-year-old entered Lake Anna from a boat, went underwater and did not resurface, prompting a multi-agency response.
- Divers located and recovered a body just before midnight after several hours of searching the area near Seay Point Road.
- Spotsylvania County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management identified the victim as Mason Fercovic-Ortegel, a 24-year-old off-duty Spotsylvania County firefighter.
- The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division is investigating and officials have not released a cause of death.
- First responders from Spotsylvania and Louisa counties and the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources took part in the recovery, and officials said they will support the family and department as investigators complete their work.