Body Of Missing Crabber Found

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The Mobile County Sheriff's Flotilla has found the body of a missing crabber.

They located Somphane Souwankham's body around 3:30 p.m. using sonar equipment. It was located about a quarter mile from where his boat was found Monday night. Divers recovered the body just before 5:00 p.m.

Souwankham went crabbing Monday and was supposed to come back around 3:00 p.m.

Late Monday night, Souwankham's family found his 20-foot boat north of Fowl River on Gilliard Island with a crab trap and life jackets still on board.

Souwankham moved here from Minnesota six months ago with his wife and three boys. A family friend says they left Minnesota because of the cold. Souwankham loved the idea of coming to Alabama because he loved the freedom of being on the water.

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