CATRON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE PROVEN RIGHT. THEY THOUGHT A BODY FOUND IN A SAND BAR OFF THE SAN FRANCISCO RIVER LAST SATURDAY BY A HIKER WAS THAT OF AN 83 YEAR OLD ARIZONA MAN … AND THEY WERE RIGHT. THE OMI CONFIRMED IT WAS HOWARD BASSETT, WHO VANISHED WHEN MOGOLLON FLOODED EARLIER THIS MONTH AND THE SILVER CREEK IN WHERE HE WAS STAYING WAS EVACUATED.
BASSETT'S BODY WAS FOUND ABOUT 8 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM WHERE HIS PICKUP WAS FOUND SEPTEMBER 18TH. UNDERSHERIFF IAN FLETCHER TELLS 770 KKOB THEY WERE SO SURE THE BODY WAS BASSETT THAT THEY CONTACTED HIS FAMILY SHORTLY AFTER THE HIKER FOUND IT.
