Autopsy pending on body found along Crab Creek
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances around a body found along Crab Creek over the weekend.
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BEVERLY — An autopsy is pending to help determine the identity of a dead person found along Crab Creek Saturday night and recovered late Sunday afternoon.
“A kayaker found the body in the water Saturday evening about 3.5 miles east of State Route 243 near Beverly in southwestern Grant County,” said Kyle Foreman, public information officer with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, in a release issued Sunday night. “Deputies used a drone to pinpoint the body. For safety reasons, they returned at dawn on Sunday to begin the recovery. Access to the remote site was hindered by dense overgrowth.”
The identity of the victim was not released.
“Detectives are awaiting the autopsy to confirm,” Foreman said in answer to a question from the Columbia Basin Herald.
The autopsy will be performed by personnel from the Grant County Coroner’s Office.
Personnel from Grant County Fire District 8 and Royal Slope Fire-Rescue-EMS assisted in the recovery, Foreman said.
Anyone who may have information on the case is asked to contact GCSO at 509-762-1160 or at [email protected], case No. 26GS03884.
This is a developing story, and more information will be added as it becomes available.