JUNEAU, AK (AP) – Two bodies have been recovered amid debris from a fishing boat that reportedly capsized in rough seas off near Juneau earlier this month.
Five people were aboard the fishing vessel that sent out a Mayday call on Sunday, Dec. 1.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety says authorities on Monday traveled to a bay near the community of Hoonah after remains were found on the beach there. The bodies were being taken to the state medical examiner’s office for autopsies and positive identification.
Crews searched about five miles of shoreline, but no other human remains were found.
The site is about 12-13 miles southwest of the vessel, named Wind Walker’s, last known location