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Missing hunter found dead in Southeast Alaska


By Jeremy Rolston

Published: Oct. 12, 2022 at 5:41 PM CDT
SITKA, Alaska (KTUU) - A missing hunter was located in Southeast Alaska, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch.

At 8:06 a.m. on Tuesday troopers were notified of a missing hunter near Lake Diana, southeast of Sitka.

Oct. 10, Ryan Ruesch, 47, of Fairbanks became separated from his hunting partner and did not make it back to camp by nightfall, troopers wrote.

Troopers requested help from the U.S. Coast Guard to assist in the search in the remote terrain.


A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Sitka found Ruesch below a 300-foot cliff.

Ruesch was taken to Sitka where paramedics pronounced him deceased.

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Coast Guard recovers body of missing hunter near Sitka

By KCAW News -October 13, 2022

A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka recovered the body of a missing Fairbanks hunter on Tuesday morning.

Shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Alaska Wildlife Troopers were notified that 46-year-old Ryan Ruesch was missing near Lake Diana, 15 miles southeast of Sitka, at an elevation of over 1,700 feet. Ruesch, who was hunting mountain goats on Monday, became separated from his hunting party, and did not return to camp by nightfall.

State troopers notified the Coast Guard, who launched a helicopter from Air Station Sitka. The air crew located Ruesch below a 300-foot cliff.

His body was recovered and returned to Sitka shortly before noon Tuesday, where he was officially pronounced deceased by paramedics.

Troopers report that Ruesch’s next of kin have been notified.