Body found in Puyallup River may be Josh McNamara

A body was recovered Saturday morning from the Puyallup River that matches the description of 29-year-old Josh McNamara, who disappeared while floating down the river on an inner tube on July 8.

Detective Ed Troyer from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said that it was lucky they found the body. Two men fishing in the river near Levee Road in Fife saw the body stuck on some bushes. They immediately called the Sheriff’s office for assistance.

“The body has been recovered, it will go to the medical examiner’s office for confirmation, but we have notified the family and let all the relatives know that we do believe it is him,” said Detective Troyer.

McNamara had been floating downstream with friends on inner tubes earlier this summer when he was separated from the group. Friends reported that he was swimming alongside the group near Orting when the current swept him down the river away from his friends. He was not wearing a life jacket.

Jillian Raftery contributed to this report