Body Of Missing Crabber Found

Alabama Mobile BREAKING NEWS The Mobile County Sheriff's Flotilla recovered Somphane Souwankham's body about a quarter mile from where his boat was found Monday night.

by WKRG Staff

Published: Tue, February 10, 2009 - 5:27 pm CST

BREAKING NEWS

The Mobile County Sheriff's Flotilla has found the body of a missing crabber.

They located Somphane Souwankham's body around 3:30 p.m. using sonar equipment. It was located about a quarter mile from where his boat was found Monday night. Divers recovered the body just before 5:00 p.m.

Souwankham went crabbing Monday and was supposed to come back around 3:00 p.m.

Late Monday night, Souwankham's family found his 20-foot boat north of Fowl River on Gilliard Island with a crab trap and life jackets still on board.

Souwankham moved here from Minnesota six months ago with his wife and three boys. A family friend says they left Minnesota because of the cold. Souwankham loved the idea of coming to Alabama because he loved the freedom of being on the water.

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DEW26M Says:

Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:56 pm

Come on “WKRG Staff”, just because the man has passed does not make his remains qualify as a “IT”! I think it would have been much more respectful to say “HE was located about a quarter mile from where his boat was found Monday night.”

May GOD be with his family, and lay a watchful eye on all who loved him! amen