Two Bodies Found in Willamette River Positively Identified

The bodies are from separate fatal boating incidents.

Willamette River in Lake Oswego Photo courtesy: Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe

(LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.) - Divers in Clackamas County were called out to a report of two bodies floating in the Willamette River at Lake Oswego around 8:30 Tuesday morning.

The first body found yesterday in the river off of Old River Road in Lake Oswego has been positively identified by the Clackamas County Medical Examiners Office as being that of 53-year old Michael David Kennedy.

Mr. Kennedy had previously been reported as missing to the Lake Oswego Police Department on June 21st.

The second body found yesterday has been positively identified by the Clackamas County Medical Examiners Office as being that of 51-year old Richard Allen Ellis.

Mr. Ellis had been involved in a previously witnessed boating mishap on Thanksgiving Day 2006.

There is no criminal element believed to be involved in these incidents.