Coroner ID's Man Found Face-Down In Dry Creek

Healdsburg - The Sonoma County Coroner has identified a man found Thursday morning face-down in the water near Lambert Bridge.

36-year-old Elan Mulholland-Wynants, a resident of Boulder, Colorado, was found by sheriff’s officers in Dry Creek and pronounced dead at the scene.

The Sheriff’s Office says that on Thursday at 9:50 a.m., the 911 dispatch center got a call of a person face-down in the water near Lambert Bridge in the unincorporated area of Healdsburg.

A rescue team from the Fire Department entered the swift water with equipment and brought Mulholland-Wynants ashore to the deputies and waiting medical personnel.

The adult man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Mulholland-Wynants was visiting family in the area according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities say he was familiar with the terrain. They don’t yet know how Mulholland-Wynants ended up in the waters of the rain-swollen Russian River.

The Sonoma Sheriff’s Office does not believe there is anything suspicious about the circumstances and Mulholland-Wynants, and he did not appear to have been the victim of foul play.

The Sonoma County Coroner’s Office will schedule an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.

The Geyserville Fire Protection District and the Healdsburg and Cloverdale fire departments also responded, Geyserville Fire Protection District Capt. James Tovani said.