Update, Wednesday 4:30 p.m.:
Roger Williams, Jr. was found dead Wednesday, according to Troopers.
Angoon Search and Rescue located his body on the shore near Danger Reef Point shortly before 1 p.m. His remains are being transported to the State Medical Examiner’s office.
Williams’s next of kin have been notified.
Original story:
A community-wide search and rescue is underway in Angoon for a man who hasn’t been seen since he left to go fishing Tuesday morning.
Angoon is a Southeast Alaska community on Admiralty Island near Juneau. According to Alaska State Troopers, 35-year-old Roger Williams, Jr. was reportedly last known to be taking his red and silver 16-foot Lund boat from the Angoon boat harbor to the ferry terminal to go cockle fishing.
He was last seen at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday wearing a brown Carhartt jacket, black pants, and boots.
Troopers say at about 8 p.m., the U.S. Coast Guard discovered an unoccupied 16-foot Lund skiff near the shoreline between Killisnoo Island and Angoon.
The Coast Guard is continuing to search for Williams via helicopter, and a communitywide search is also underway. Wrangell search and rescue teams are also assisting in the search.
This story has been updated.
