Authorities recover body of teen boy missing in Juneau swimming incident

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - Juneau police say they have recovered the body of a teenage boy who went missing while swimming near a popular hiking trail...

August 2, 2023
11:36 PM

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - Juneau police say they have recovered the body of a teenage boy who went missing while swimming near a popular hiking trail in Southeast Alaska. A release from the Juneau Police Department a group of three 17-year-old boys hiked out Saturday on the Treadwell Trail in the community of Douglas — across the Gastineau Channel from Alaska's capitol city — to a man-made pond known as the Glory Hole to 'hike, dive and swim.' Police said one of the boys called 911 around 4:45 p.