{"id":12005,"date":"2012-04-19T20:09:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T03:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=12005"},"modified":"2012-04-29T09:54:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T16:54:12","slug":"breaking-news-body-found-in-chehalis-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=12005","title":{"rendered":"Breaking news: Body found in Chehalis River"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daniel Kuhn during his deployment in Iraq. \/ Courtesy photo<\/p><\/div>\n

Updated at 9:37 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n

By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker
\nLewis County Sirens news reporter
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\nA deputy surveying an area for Sunday’s dive team search for the missing rafter found a body this evening in the Chehalis River in between Doty and Dryad.<\/p>\n

“It matches the description, we believe it’s him,” Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Cmdr. Steve Aust said.<\/p>\n

Twenty-four-year-old Daniel Kuhn took part in Saturday’s Pe Ell River Run and hasn’t been heard from since.<\/p>\n

The coroner’s office and Aust were just departing the area off the 200 block of Doty-Dryad Road just before 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

The body was found submerged in about five feet of water, Aust said.<\/p>\n

Kuhn, who lives in Olympia, is from Michigan, according to one of his friends Tony Abbot.<\/p>\n

He was rafting with several others on Saturday, but got separated from his group and indicated he would meet them down river. When he didn’t show up by about 8 p.m. that night, they departed thinking he must have\u00a0 left with other friends, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

He wasn’t reported missing until Monday afternoon, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

He never retrieved his truck from where he had left it parked. The sheriff’s office yesterday said they learned a raft like his had been found on a gravel bar on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Kuhn is a member of the National Guard, with the group based at the Centralia Armory, according to Abbott. Kuhn served in Iraq in 2008 and 2009, Abbott said.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office was planning a search on Sunday by the dive team.<\/p>\n

Aust said when the deputy went out there to scope out the area this evening, he decided to get in the water and look some more. It was about 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

The spot is near the rails to trails trail, about 450 yards upstream from the trestle, according to Aust.<\/p>\n

Aust met with Kuhn’s mother this evening, who flew in from Michigan last night.<\/p>\n

Kuhn’s mother – after Aust visited – said she wanted to express her gratitude to the community, especially the soldiers.<\/p>\n

“The military was Danny’s second life,” Deborah Rudisel said. “And he really did love Washington. I tried to get him to come home a couple of times.”<\/p>\n

Abbott said he’s trying to “put something together” for his friend on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“Danny was a great man,” he said. “He’ll never be replaced.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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