Body Of 86 Year Old Man Found On Wishkah River

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 10:42 AM

The Aberdeen Police Department is investigating after a man’s body was found in the Wishkah River on Tuesday morning.

The Aberdeen Police Department is investigating after a man’s body was found in the Wishkah River on Tuesday morning. The Daily World reports officers responded to a welfare check on an 86 year old man just after 10am. Police searched the area when the man wasn’t found at home and after something was spotted in an area hard to reach on foot, cops eventually used a drone to positively I.D. the missing man. Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s deputies assisted in recovering the body. There was no physical harm noticed but investigators are looking into how he ended up in the river.

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