The Clark County Medical Examiner will positively confirm the identity, however it is believed that this is the body of 18-year-old Franky Fred
On Saturday (May 30) at about 5:30 p.m., several people who were swimming in the Columbia River near a beach in the area of the 6300 block of NW Lower River Road reported seeing a body in the river. Vancouver Police and the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office responded.
The Clark County Medical Examiner will positively confirm the identity, however it is believed that this is the body of 18-year-old Franky Fred. His family has been notified.
The Vancouver Police Department had been seeking public assistance in locating Fred, who was last seen by friends near Vancouver Lake on Friday (May 23). Some of Fred’s personal effects were also located near the lake, on a beach near the Columbia River.
Information provided by the Vancouver Police Department.
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