Missouri hunter drowns in river
December 27, 2010
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri hunter is dead after drowning in the Mississippi River.
Twenty-five-year-old Kristopher Van Meter died during a hunting excursion on the river at St. Charles County. Van Meter and another man were transporting materials for a duck blind when their boat capsized.
Van Meter tried to swim to shore but went under and never resurfaced.