RedactedNarrative: On August 23, 2022, at approximately 6:00 pm, the Alaska State Troopers received a report of a missing boater approximately 3 miles downstream from the Knik Glacier. Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to the area in HELO 5. 
  
  Troopers learned that the missing person was attempting to use a kayak to cross the Knik River to retrieve a boat that had drifted across the river. Shortly after leaving the shore, the kayak overturned, and the missing was not seen again by individuals watching from shore; witnesses report that the missing was not wearing a PFD. 
  
  Wildlife Troopers patrolled the river from HELO 5, and rescue divers from the Mat-Su Borough Emergency Services were staged in the area. Troopers searched the area for multiple hours and were only able to find an empty kayak. On August 24-25, 2022, DPS HELO 3 will deploy to continue to search the area from the air. High water levels and poor visibility are preventing the use of sonar or dive teams in the area.
  
  On August 26, 2022, it was decided to go forward with the search as a limited, reactive search.
  
  On August 27, 2022 at 5:12 PM, AST received a report from a pilot flying in the Knik River area that they had located what appeared to be a body in the water near Wolf Point. The Mat-Su borough water rescue team responded and located the body at approx. 7:30 PM. AST and the State Medical Examiner's Office responded and confirmed the remains were that of the missing person The SME took possession of the body to determine the cause of death.
  