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Missing tubers found alive after three-day search on Muskegon River, troopers say
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Key Points:
- Two women, Jazmin Hock and Sarah Vida, both 28, and a 9-year-old child, Kayden Kovalcik, who went missing while tubing on the Muskegon River, were found alive after being lost for three days.
- The trio was discovered in the woods near the Mill Iron Boat Launch in Muskegon County, approximately 72 hours after they failed to return from tubing starting at Maple Island Boat Launch in Newaygo County.
- Search efforts involved multiple agencies using K-9 units, drones, and boats, with a DNR officer ultimately locating them after following footprints and hearing calls for help.
- The group had no access to cell phones as they fell into the river, went without food or water, and two of the women were so exhausted they had to be carried out.
- Authorities are investigating the circumstances of their disappearance, including a smashed passenger window on Vida’s car found at the launch site, but the trio is now hospitalized and expected to recover.
