State medical examiner identifies man who died off Ketchikan

A man found dead in waters off Ketchikan has been identified as a 63-year-old resident.

Alaska State Troopers say the state medical examiner identified the man as Harris Hunter Wood II.

An autopsy determined that Wood drowned.

Troopers shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday responded to a call of a body floating in Tongass Narrows off the North Tongass Highway.

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