Update: Ada coroner identifies Idaho man who died in Boise River. Body was found Tuesday
Two weeks after a witness reported seeing a man dip underwater and not resurface, and two days after Boise authorities found a body in the Boise River, the Ada County coroner has identified the deceased as Todd Scherer, 46, of Meridian.
The Boise Fire Dive Team recovered his body near Veterans Memorial Parkway at around 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to a tweet from the Boise Police Department. The location is downriver about a mile from where the man was reported underwater on Sept. 15, near the Boise Whitewater Park.
On Thursday, when making the identification, the Ada County Coroner’s Office confirmed that Scherer was the person who went missing on Sept. 15. The cause and manner of Scherer’s death are still under investigation, however, pending ancillary testing results, according to Jillian Jamieson, communications manager for the coroner’s office.
First responders had conducted “an extensive search” and found “no evidence that a drowning occurred” on the day a witness reported seeing a man go under, according to Boise Police spokesperson Haley Williams.
This story was originally published September 28, 2021 at 8:56 PM.
