Tragically: Search crews scour Discover 7 dead bodies at Kootenai River……..

Search crews scour Kootenai River for missing kayaker

 

According to Lincoln County Sheriff Darren Short, teams with the county and David Thompson Search and Rescue were using everything in their tool boxes to locate the missing woman, Jessica Prado.

 

In addition to dogs and a drone, underwater camera equipment was used to aid in the hunt for woman. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held back water at Libby Dam to lower water levels on the river to assist searchers.

 

According to a press release from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, dispatch received a call at about 7:58 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26. Prado and Jared

Short said the two people had been kayaking different sections of the river in days prior to Wednesday’s incident. He also said they were not wearing life vests.

 

Short said their two-person kayak capsized just below China Rapids. They had made arrangements to be picked up above Kootenai Falls.

 

 

Deputies from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and David Thompson Search and Rescue responded to search for Prado. A cooler was found near the shore above Kootenai Falls and a damaged kayak and other property were recovered below Koot

enai Falls.

Tragically: Search crews scour Discover 7 dead bodies at Kootenai River……..