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Skeletal remains found on Kootenai River island
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Bonners Ferry identified as Libby man |
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October 28, 2015 |
A newspaper in Missoula, Montana is reporting
that an identification has been made on the
human skeletal remains found by workers clearing
brush October 12 on an island in the Kootenai
River in Bonners Ferry.
The remains have been identified, according to
the Missoulian newspaper in Missoula, as those
of William Tebby, a 32 year old man who has been
missing from his home in Libby, Montana for
nearly a year and a half.
According to reports from the Missoulian, Mr.
Tebby was last seen when he stepped out of the
Libby VFW for a smoke on May 29, 2014. Searches
were made for the missing man at the time,
including searches of the Kootenai River in
Montana and checks with BNSF Railway to look
into the possibility that he may have hopped a
train. The Lincoln County, Montana sheriff noted
a few weeks after the man's disappearance back
in 2014 that at that point in time, there had
been no action on Mr. Tebby's bank cards or bank
accounts, and no apparent evidence of foul play.
A little over two weeks ago, on Monday, October
12, approximately 16 months after the
disappearance of Mr. Tebby, workers who were
clearing brush on a gravel island near Bonners
Ferry as part of the Kootenai River Habitat
Restoration Program discovered the skeleton and
notified authorities. The remains were recovered
by officials from the Boundary County Sheriff's
Office and the Boundary County coroner, and were
subsequently submitted for autopsy and
identification.
Apparently that identification has now been
made, and points to the missing Libby man. A
cause of death has not been announced.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is
continuing their investigation of the
circumstances surrounding Mr. Tebby's 2014
disappearance and death.
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