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MASON COUNTY, Wash. — The body of the Joint Base Lewis McChord soldier who disappeared April 7 while on a hike near the High Steel Bridge, was recovered, the Mason County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
>> JBLM soldier search suspended; believed to have fallen from hillside into river
Officials said a team with the Sheriff's Office was able to find the man's body after water levels dropped in the Skokomish River.
It was believed the soldier had lost his footing on a nearly vertical hillside, slid while grasping for tree branches and fell into the river.
The Sheriff's Office tweeted he will be going home.
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