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David Doft Identified As Drowning Victim In Dowdy Lake

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Investigators have released the name of a man who died after he was pulled from a lake in northern Colorado.

The Coloradoan reports 76-year-old David Doft washed ashore at Dowdy Lake northwest of Fort Collins on Sept. 17. Emergency responders performed CPR, but Doft died at a hospital shortly after he was airlifted.

His death has been ruled an accidental drowning.

The Larimer County Sheriff's Office says Doft was not wearing a life jacket when he was found.

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