Juneau police ID man found in river

Published 9:35 am Monday, May 6, 2019

The Juneau Police Department on Monday released the name of the deceased man who was found in the Mendenhall River last month.

He was identified as 40-year-old Jeremy Christian Brinker, Juneau Police Department Public Safety Manager Erann Kalwara said in a release.

Police said previously that they had identified him, but were waiting to release his name publicly until next of kin was notified. He was from California.

[Police identify man found in river, working to find next of kin]

Brinker’s body was discovered shortly after 11 a.m. on April 10 when a man reported to police that he spotted a coat in the river near the Dredge Lake Trail system, according to a JPD press release at the time. Responding authorities located his body about a 30-minute walk upriver from the trailhead on Back Loop Road in about knee-deep water. Police at the time estimated he had been in the water for about two days.

The circumstances around his death are still unknown.

This is a Juneau Empire staff report.