The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office identified two men who died in separate storm-related incidents earlier this week. A 61-year-old man, John Radecke, was found dead in a culvert on Wednesday. An 81-year-old man, Frank Robinson, who was reported missing while cycling, was found dead on Thursday. The storms have caused widespread flooding in the North Bay region.
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office on Friday confirmed the identity of the two men who were found deceased in storm-related incidents earlier this week.The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that the first incident was reported Wednesday at about 4:41 p.m. along the 7700 block of Franz Valley Road north of Santa Rosa and west of Calistoga.
Sonoma County Fire District personnel and the California National Guard assisted deputies in retrieving the body of a male victim at about 7 a.m. Fire officials told CBS News Bay Area the victim had been on a bicycle on nearby Sanford Road north of Occidental Road before his body was discovered on Hall Road. The 81-year-old victim -- identified on Friday as Sebastopol resident Frank Robinson -- had been reported missing at around 9 p.m.
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