{"id":50087,"date":"2019-07-03T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T20:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/breaking-body-found-in-backyard-pond-of-a-juneau-home\/"},"modified":"2019-07-09T14:17:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T22:17:18","slug":"breaking-body-found-in-backyard-pond-of-a-juneau-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/breaking-body-found-in-backyard-pond-of-a-juneau-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Body found in backyard pond of a Juneau home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<p>Juneau police on Wednesday responded to a report of a body that was found in a pond in the backyard of a Mendenhall Valley home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-attachment in-story\"><a href='https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2998.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2998.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A pond at 9010 Atlin Drive on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2998.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2998-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2998-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2998-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2998-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2998-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 98vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"p-exclude\">A pond at 9010 Atlin Drive on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<p>The deceased person was not able to be identified immediately, Juneau Police Department Sgt. Brian Dallas said on scene at about 4:30 p.m. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&ldquo;(The person) appears to be male, but we&rsquo;re not sure,&rdquo; Dallas said. &ldquo;Right now, we&rsquo;re contacting the medical examiner&rsquo;s office, preparing to ship him or her up to Anchorage for an autopsy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-attachment in-story\"><a href='https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2999.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2999.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"JPD detectives leave 9010 Atlin Drive as a body is driven away on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2999.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2999-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2999-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2999-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2999-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_2999-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 98vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"p-exclude\">JPD detectives leave 9010 Atlin Drive as a body is driven away on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<p>JPD and Capital City Fire\/Rescue Special Teams worked together to successfully remove the body from the water, located behind the home at 9010 Atlin Drive. A JPD press release states the body was found floating about 25 feet from shore, in about four feet of water in a marshy area with tall thick grass.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Authorities received the original report at about 3:45 p.m., and left the scene by about 5 p.m.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/124CMuWBTyg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>A cause of the person&rsquo;s death was not immediately apparent, JPD spokesperson Erann Kalwara said in a later press release. She said also the person is believed to be an adult male.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The home&rsquo;s occupants stood in their yard for a time, but declined interview requests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-attachment in-story\"><a href='https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_3002.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_3002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Capital City Fire\/Rescue personnel pack up after helping the Juneau Police Department recover a body found in a pond behind 9010 Atlin Drive on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_3002.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_3002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_3002-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_3002-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_3002-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17569623_web1_IMG_3002-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 98vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"p-exclude\">Capital City Fire\/Rescue personnel pack up after helping the Juneau Police Department recover a body found in a pond behind 9010 Atlin Drive on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<p><hr \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>Contact reporter Peter Segall at 523-2228 or psegall@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p><hr \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":531,"featured_media":50088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":11,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[75,319],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-50087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home2","category-news","tag-local-news","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/531"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50087"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=50087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}