Searchers find body of missing man 10 days after Wrangell landslide
Posted on AllSides December 1st, 2023
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A search and rescue team on Thursday afternoon found the body of a 65-year-old man who had been missing since the Nov. 20 landslide that destroyed three Wrangell homes and killed at least four other people. One person remained missing Friday. Otto Florschutz’s body was recovered around 4:25 p.m. with an excavator after a Wrangell Search and Rescue scent-detection dog indicated the area, Alaska State Troopers said in an update Friday morning. Troopers said his next of kin and the State Medical Examiner’s Office were notified of his death. Florschutz’s...