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Search crews scour Kootenai River for missing kayaker

by SCOTT SHINDLEDECKER
Hagadone News Network | June 29, 2024 4:00 PM

Search teams continued to look Saturday for a missing woman who disappeared while kayaking the Kootenai River in Northwest Montana earlier in the week.

According to Lincoln County Sheriff Darren Short, teams with the county and David Thompson Search and Rescue were using everything in their tool boxes to locate the missing woman, Jessica Prado.

In addition to dogs and a drone, underwater camera equipment was used to aid in the hunt for woman. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held back water at Libby Dam to lower water levels on the river to assist searchers.

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