VICTIM, 35 and his wife, 22, of Napaskiak, were traveling by boat from Bethel to Napaskiak on Saturday afternoon (9.26.09). Their motor quit and the boat began to sink according to the Alaska State Troopers. The couple swam for shore, but when wife got out of the river, she couldn't find her husband. She was found at about 2:30pm Saturday. A search and rescue effort began that day and continued until 4:52pm Tuesday, when husband’s body was found in the Kuskokwim, upriver from Napaskiak. His body was taken to Anchorage for an autopsy. Alcohol is reported to be involved. Neither wife nor husabnd were wearing a personal floatation device.
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