David Kalousdian's body was recovered from the Columbia River days after his drifting kayak was found, with investigators noting his life vest lacked a recharge kit, making it ineffective.
The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office responded to numerous reports of a small boat left adrift near a sandbar in the Columbia River just after 2 pm on Thursday.
Search crews were on the Columbia River near Hood River after an empty fishing kayak was found drifting Thursday afternoon.