The body of one of the two teen brothers who went missing on a duck hunting trip in rural Northern California has been recovered.
Police identified the body as that of 19-year-old Andruw Cornett after he was found by a search team in the north side of the Thermalito Afterbay on Tuesday, Dec. 31. Andrew and his 17-year-old brother Wesley Cornett went missing on Dec. 14, Butte County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a news release on Facebook.
“At approximately 9:30 a.m., the BCSO pilot [flying in the area] spotted a body in the north side of the Afterbay, within the original search area,” the BSCO stated in the release. “The BCSO Marine Unit and Butte County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue immediately responded and recovered the body. The decedent has been positively identified as Andruw Cornett, and next-of-kin has been notified.”
Authorities added that the search…
