Lake Elsinore Skydiver Killed in Arizona

By City News Service, image via shutterstock

A Lake Elsinore man died while skydiving Saturday in central Arizona.

Earl Bohm, 48, was found dead in the desert near Eloy, a small town 70 miles southeast of Phoenix.

The cause of death was under investigation, but his parachute was turned over to the FAA, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported.

Eloy Police officers received a call regarding a downed skydiver just after 3 p.m. Saturday. Bohm was pronounced dead at the scene, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported, citing Sgt. Brian Jerome of the Eloy Police Department.

The Pinal County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy.