Hikers Find Teen’s Body In Spirit Lake

Update: The male dead in Spirit Lake has been identified as Luke Anana-Kuewa, 18, of Spirit Lake, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department. An autopsy will take place soon.

Kootenai County sheriff’s deputies and detectives this afternoon recovered a body of a male teenager found along a remote portion of the shore in a cove of Spirit Lake. Sheriff’s Major Ben Wolfinger said the victim was found by a walker or walkers in an area known as the Mill Pond, a shaded section of the lake, at about 11:45 a.m. today. Deputies were unable to access the site by boat because of ice on the lake. There is no nearby road either, Wolfinger said. Divers went to the scene to make the recovery, Wolfinger said. Detectives were working to make a positive identification/ SR . More here.