"Jacob Rajaniemi's exact cause of death is being investigated along with the exact amount of time he'd been in the water before he was found, said Emily Fuller, a public information specialist with the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. "Our marine unit is conducting a boating accident investigation and the coroner's office is conducting their death investigation, so once those are both complete we should have a better idea of what happened," Fuller told The Press Democrat."
"According to the U.S. Coast Guard, Rajaniemi was discovered about 10 a.m. after a passerby found his kayak upside down near the head of the Bodega Bay channel. A crew responded in a 47-foot lifeboat and found Rajaniemi in the water. It appeared he was alone and had been in the area crabbing, a Coast Guard official said Friday. Sheriff's officials added he had crabbing equipment and was wearing a floatation device at the time he was discovered.."
Jacob Rajaniemi, 45, of Carmichael was found in Bodega Bay and pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. after his overturned kayak was discovered about 10 a.m. Marine and coroner units are investigating his cause of death and the amount of time he had been in the water before being found. A U.S. Coast Guard crew recovered Rajaniemi after a passerby reported the overturned kayak near the head of the Bodega Bay channel. Officials said he appeared to be alone, had crabbing equipment, and was wearing a flotation device when discovered. Recreational Dungeness crab season opened Nov. 1, and commercial season timing was adjusted to protect migrating humpback whales.
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