Woman’s body found in Flathead River in northwest Montana

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after a woman’s body was found on the banks of the Flathead River in northwest Montana.

The Flathead Beacon reports https://goo.gl/cHDzSE the body was found south of the Teakettle Fishing Access site near Columbia Falls on Tuesday evening. The woman’s name and age have not been released.

The newspaper reports three bodies have been found in or along the Flathead River so far this spring.

Anthony Walthers was found dead May 29, and investigators say he was a homicide victim. Dacia Finch, of Kalispell, also was found last month in the river near the Sportsman’s Bridge. The Montana State Crime Lab determined that she drowned.

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Information from: Flathead Beacon, https://www.flatheadbeacon.com