Couple drowns while using inflatable kayak on lower Salt River

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A married couple drowned on Halloween while floating on the lower Salt River in an inflatable kayak, deputies say.

Around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, first responders were called to the river after reports of a man yelling that his wife couldn’t swim as the two floated downstream.

Investigators say both the man and woman went missing underwater. The woman’s body was found just after 2 p.m. Her husband’s body was found upstream around 3 p.m…

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