Body believed to be George Evan of Akiak, who went missing with two others on the river Dec. 12.
KYUK, Bethel: Bethel Search and Rescue reports they have found a body of a man who went missing in December near Kwethluk. The body is believed to be that of 26-year-old George Evan of Akiak. Evan was one of three people who went missing while traveling on a four-wheeler during a storm on December 12.
Searcher say they found Evan’s remains Wednesday afternoon. They say his body was found about 46 feet underwater on the riverbed and under the ice about a quarter mile down Kuskokwak Slough from where another body was recovered last month.
The body of 51-year-old Ralph ‘Jimmy’ Demantle was found on December 15 near an open hole where the 4-wheeler was recovered just after the group went missing. The third traveler, 27-year-old Sally Stone, is still missing.
Evan’s remains were located using a remote operated vehicle owned and operated by Tom Crossmon of Deluth, Missouri who volunteered for the recovery.