Jerome mans body is recovered after fishing accident in Hells Canyon
By
Gina Jameson
Story Created:
Nov 2, 2009 at 9:30 PM MST
Story Updated:
Nov 2, 2009 at 10:54 PM MST
11/02/09
The remains of an angler fishing in the Snake River’s Hells Canyon have been recovered. According to Idaho County Sheriff Jim Gorges, the body of Jerome resident, Ray Dean Leavitt, 64, was found last Tuesday the 27th.
Leavitt was fishing in the Hells Canyon along the Idaho - Oregon boarder with 50 year old Tom Blair, when the boat they were in struck a rock and both men were thrown from the boat.
Blair was able to swim to safety, but Leavitt disappeared under the water.
According Sheriff Jim Gorges, a state fish and game officer along with a Nez Perce Co. Sheriff's Deputy retrieved the body and took it to a Lewiston funeral home at the family’s request.
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