Drowning Ruled In Death Of Easley Man In Lake Keowee Water Related Incident

(Seneca, SC)—-Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis has released the results of an autopsy that was performed yesterday on a 63 year old Easley man who died in Lake Keowee last Friday afternoon.

According to the results of the autopsy, Robert “Bobby” McCombs died from drowning.

McCombs’ body was recovered Saturday afternoon at 12:40pm by divers in a depth of water reported to be 50 feet.

McCombs’ dived into the water to swim from a boat around 3:45pm last Friday afternoon and according to family members, he surfaced and began to swim back toward the boat.  He reportedly then went underwater with no struggle.