Recovery efforts underway for body of Juneau kayaker

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - Recovery efforts are underway for the body of a Juneau kayaker who drowned in Mendenhall Lake earlier this month, according...

July 19, 2023
4:24 AM

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - Recovery efforts are underway for the body of a Juneau kayaker who drowned in Mendenhall Lake earlier this month, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch . Juneau police on Sunday told troopers that 43-year-old Paul Jose Rodriguez Jr. was reported missing. The following day, Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Juneau Mountain Rescue and SEADOGS searched for the missing kayaker in the lake and on the shorelines. While the search parties did not find Rodriguez, they did come into possession of a helmet and Go-Pro camera that belonged to the missing kayaker.

Nolin Ainsworth