Man’s body located, positively ID’d after Lake Elsinore drowning

June 30, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Authorities say a Los Angeles man who was using a personal watercraft at Lake Elsinore and became distressed after jumping into the water to retrieve a dropped item drowned over the weekend. Although his body was not immediately located, Riverside County Sheriff’s Dive Team members later located and recovered his body two days later.

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On Sunday evening, June 27, at 6:20 p.m., Boat Patrol deputies from the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station were notified of an adult male who had disappeared under the water while operating a personal watercraft, Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Lionel Murphy reported today.

Deputies learned the man, Cadmiel Ahsad McAdoo had dismounted his watercraft and entered the water to retrieve a lost item.

“After entering the water, the male appeared to be in distress,” Murphy explained. “He was submerged under water and did not resurface.”

“A search of the lake was conducted, but he was not found,” Wallace continued.

Two days later, as the search for McAdoo continued, on June 29, at around 3 p.m., Sheriff’s Dive Team members searched the lake and located a body, later positively identified as McAdoo.

No foul play is suspected in McAdoo’s death, and the Sheriff’s investigation is continuing.

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Trevor Montgomery, 49, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS).

Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County-based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.

Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.

Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.

Trevor has been married for more than 30 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.