Sacramento County woman identified as 2nd of 4 victims in deadly boat incident in San Francisco Bay – KCRA
A body recovered in the San Francisco Bay on Thursday was identified as a Sacramento County woman, who was on the boat that sank near Alcatraz Island earlier.
A body recovered in the San Francisco Bay on Thursday was identified as a Sacramento County woman, who was on the boat that sank near Alcatraz Island earlier this week.
Tondra Miller, 58, was identified as the second person who died after a boat from Stockton capsized in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Officials said Miller also went by Madruga as her last name. Tondra’s Facebook profile says she lived in Folsom.
Family and friends are remembering Tondra Madruga as someone whose kindness and energy left a lasting impression on everyone she met.
Longtime friend Leanne Mis-Dial said the two became friends as teenagers after meeting at a football game and quickly bonded over their shared love of horseback riding, dirt biking and spending time outdoors.
Mis-Dial said the news of Madruga’s death left her devastated, but she hopes people remember her friend for the joy and compassion she brought to others. “She loved from the heart everyone she met,” Mis-Dial said. “Just a beautiful, amazing person.”
The San Francisco Police Department said officers were conducting sonar scanning after 1 p.m. when someone on a passing vessel alerted them of a body in the water near Treasure Island.
The body was pulled from the water and the person was later declared dead on the scene.
The recovered body comes just days after a boat carrying 20 people sank in the waters off San Francisco. The bodies of two people have been recovered, and two other people have not been found. Sixteen others were rescued. A dog on board also died.
