Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement said he believes a storm soon after the eruption washed the bodies down a stream and into the Pacific Ocean. He said dive crews on a police boat spotted a male body in the water near the island two days after the eruption. ADPolice have identified the missing pair as New Zealand tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman, 40, and Australian teenager Winona Langford, 17. AD“We are deeply sorry that we haven’t, until this time, been able to return those bodies,” Clement told reporters in the town of Whakatane, near the volcanic island. AD“Our family is absolutely heartbroken and our big sister will be incredibly missed,” Nicola Mathews and Kirk Mathews Bowden said in their statement.

Source: Washington Post December 18, 2019 04:41 UTC