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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 20 > Murky, boulder-strewn rapids fail to yield missing swimmer

Murky, boulder-strewn rapids fail to yield missing swimmer

One searcher describes the stretch of the Crooked River where Alex Thompson disappeared as deceptively fast — ‘It’s moving’

By Scott Hammers / The Bulletin
April 20, 2009

Rescue crews plan to return to Smith Rock State Park this morning to continue the search for the body of an Oregon State University student believed to have drowned while attempting to cross the Crooked River on Saturday afternoon.

Alex Thompson, 19, of Aloha, was at the park Saturday as part of....

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