US EditionBody Found At Big Bear Lake ID'd As Missing UCSB Student: Sheriff
- On the morning of Monday, May 19, 2025, the remains of Tanner Prentiss, a 22-year-old student from UC Santa Barbara, were recovered from Big Bear Lake near Pine Knot Marina.
- Prentiss went missing early Saturday around 12:30 a.m. After going out with friends and not returning to his rental cabin on Village Drive in Big Bear Lake.
- The dive team affiliated with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office recovered his body after an extensive search around 10:30 a.m., and authorities do not believe foul play was involved.
- Officials said the Coroner's Office has taken over the investigation, and UC Santa Barbara offered condolences, noting campus resources available for those affected.
- The discovery closes the search but leaves the family requesting privacy as authorities continue to determine the cause of death amid community sorrow.
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Body Found At Big Bear Lake ID'd As Missing UCSB Student: Sheriff
Body Found At Big Bear Lake ID'd As Missing UCSB Student: Sheriff - Banning-Beaumont, CA - Family and friends of a UC Santa Barbara student are mourning his death this week. Here's what we know about Tanner Prentiss.
Body Found In Search For Missing U.S. College Student
Meet The Ex-Girlfriend Of Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott (1:00) A body has been found in a search for a missing U.S. college student this week.A California college student was reported missing. Tragically, a body has been found. The student had gone missing in a popular California mountain town over the weekend.Tanner Prentiss, 22, was reportedly last seen on May 17. He was last seen at roughly 12:30 a.m. in Big Bear Lake, California, according …
Missing UCSB student from SCV found dead in Big Bear Lake
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department reported Monday a missing U.C. Santa Barbara student from the Santa Clarita Valley was found dead in Big Bear Lake. Tanner Prentiss was identified as the 22-year-old student whose body was found Monday morning by the department’s dive team around 10:23 a.m., during the search of an area of the lake “near the Pine Knot Marina,” according to the release. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to Tanner’s…
Los Angeles Times
Missing UC Santa Barbara student found dead in Big Bear Lake
Tanner Prentiss, a 22-year-old student at UC Santa Barbara, was found dead two days after being reported missing during a trip to Big Bear Lake with his friends.
Daily Breeze
Body of UC Santa Barbara student who went missing in Big Bear Lake found
The body of a 22-year-old UC Santa Barbara student who went missing from Big Bear Lake over the weekend was found in water near a marina on Monday, May 19. The search for Tanner Prentiss, who went missing early Saturday, began after he did not return to his rental cabin following a night out. Officials said he had visited Big Bear Lake with some friends and was last seen around 12:30 a.m. on the 4000 block of Village Drive and walked northbound …
Authorities Find Body of College Student Missing in Southern California Mountains
Authorities have found the body of a 22-year-old Santa Barbara County man who went missing in the early morning hours of May 17 while vacationing with friends at Big Bear Lake. Tanner Prentiss was at the lake for the weekend, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Big Bear Lake station. After an extensive search by deputies, the sheriff’s dive team located Prentiss’s body in the water near Pine Knot Marina at about 10:23 a.m. Monday, a…
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