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Kayak Thief Drowns

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FAIRBANKS — A 33-year-old man who Alaska State Troopers say had burglarized a local home is believed to have drowned in the icy Chena River on Sunday night after his stolen kayak overturned and he was swept away.

A woman who was in her yard on the south side of the river, called troopers at 7:03 p.m. to report she heard a male voice yelling for help from the river near the The Pump House restaurant, troopers spokeswoman Beth Ipsen said. The woman said she saw a small yellow kayak overturned in the river and a person’s head in the water. The woman ran to get her husband. He didn’t see anyone in the water when he got to the riverbank.

They put a canoe into the river and the husband recovered the kayak and brought it to shore. It contained items indicating the drowning victim was a 33-year-old transient, Joshua Graham.

Submitted on 05/21/2013

Submitted by: Ken L.
Reference: http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/alleged-kayak-thief-is-presumed-drowned 5/21/2013

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
Thanks, Ken, but there doesn't appear to me to be any correlation between the theft and the death. There's also no indication as to whether or not the man was an experienced kayaker or not, what the conditions on the river were, etc. and all those answers make a big difference.


Shadow said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
I agree there are too many questions that need be answered


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