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Boy who drowned in Lake Elsinore on Sunday identified

The nine-year-old-boy who drowned at Launch Pointe Beach in Lake Elsinore on Sunday has been identified. 

Dante Clark, a Palmdale resident, lost his life on Sunday after drowning, the Riverside County Coroner's office announced on Monday

Clark was swimming with another juvenile when both began struggling to stay afloat. 

A bystander pulled one of the kids out but unfortunately Clark did not make it. 

A Riverside County Sheriffs Department dive team found Clark after a four-hour search in which the lake was closed off to the public. 

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