Missouri hunter drowns in river

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.

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