July 4 weekend drowning

The office of the Anderson County coroner reports an 18-year old man was the victim of an apparent Lake Hartwell drowning.  He was Louiz Pontez-Farias of Cornelius, North Carolina.  Investigators found Farias about five feet from a dock in the vicinity of Sunny Shore Lane.  According to the coroner’s office, Farias and a number of other individuals were at a rental home on vacation. Several of his friends said Farias was last spoken with around 3 or 4 o’clock Friday morning. They thought he had gone to bed, but when they awoke they could not find him.  There appears to be no foul play and the death has been ruled accidental.