Hernando deputies search a lake near Brooksville for diver who went missing while diving for golf ba

Hernando deputies search a lake near Brooksville for diver who went missing while diving for golf balls

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Brooksville, Florida - The search will continue Tuesday morning for a diver who disappeared, hired by a golf course to retrieve golf balls. David Voiles was last seen along the bank of a lake at the Sherman Hills Golf Club east of Brooksville.

Any number of things can go wrong under water, but one of the biggest concerns, even this time of year with the cold weather, is the threat of an alligator attack.

David Voiles was last seen Monday afternoon and now, friends and family are losing hope he may still be alive.

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Diver searching for golf balls in lake disappears; friends suspect alligator...

David Voiles, a diving enthusiast had just returned from a tour in the middle east.He was awarded a purple heart after surviving an IED attack. It appears he took this job diving for golf balls. He was diving in the lake at Sherman Hills. He was last seen monday afternoon, but has since dissapeared.



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UPDATE

Brooksville, Florida -- Investigators say they have found the body of a man who went diving in a golf course's alligator-infested lake to recover lost golf balls.

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David Voiles, 43, was last seen along the bank of a lake at the Sherman Hills Golf Club, east of Brooksville on Monday afternoon. Voiles had been hired by the club to retrieve lost golf balls.Hernando Sheriff's dive teams were out searching the lake Tuesday morning, where Voiles' body was found submerged in nearly 8 feet of water shortly before 11 a.m. The lake is only about the size of a football field, and deputies estimate its maximum depth was only between 10 and 25 feet.

There was concern alligators in the lake may have attacked Voiles, but after recovering his body, the medical examiner said there were no obvious signs of trauma.