Joel Castro Juarez, 23, of Burley, Idaho, disappeared on July 25, 2015, while on a family outing at Redfish Lake near Stanley and is presumed to have drowned. He jumped from a rented boat at about 3:36 p.m. to retrieve a shoe or piece of clothing that had fallen overboard; the boat was roughly 200 yards from Point Campground. The lake’s water was extremely cold and Juarez experienced cold water shock, which made it difficult for him to get back aboard. Two people from the boat attempted a rescue but were themselves affected by the cold, lost their grip, and Juarez sank into deep water and did not resurface. He was not wearing a life jacket; the area where he disappeared is reported between 110 and 150 feet deep.

An extensive search followed involving the Custer County Marine Deputy and Marine Patrol, Custer County Search and Rescue, volunteers, divers, a water search dog, and a submersible robot, with assistance from Bonneville and Bingham counties. Searches continued into the next day but were suspended after six days because of poor weather and the lake’s depth.