A 27-year-old man with special needs drowned in Hensley Lake in Madera County on Thursday evening.
Carl Jefferson's caretaker had taken him outdoors. At about 4:30 pm, the caretaker called authorities to say Jefferson had gone missing.
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The Madera County Sheriff's Office, with help from the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, sent out officers and choppers to search for him.
They found him at 5:30 pm in the water, and he was pronounced dead shortly after.
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No alcohol, drugs or foul play are a factor in his death, the Madera County Sheriff's Office said.