Searchers find body of man missing on snowmobile trip
Posted March 29, 2019 11:23 am.
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BETHEL, Alaska — Searchers have recovered the body of a village man missing on a snowmobile trip in southwest Alaska.
The body of 48-year-old Timothy Beebe of Quinhagak (KWIN-ah-gahk) was recovered Thursday from the Kanektok (KAN-ek-tok) River.
Beebe at about 7 p.m. March 23 left Eek for Quinhagak. Alaska State Troopers shortly after midnight were told he had not arrived.
Troopers and National Guard members in Bethel launched a search but failed to find Beebe.
Searchers dragging a net by boat on Wednesday found Beebe’s submerged snowmobile in the river just outside Quinhagak.
Searchers recovered Beebe’s body about a half mile from where the snowmobile was found.
The Associated Press
