Missing Vale SD Fisherman Glen Shay ID’s As Body Pulled From Belle Fourche River Tuesday

VALE, SD. (THECOUNT) — Missing angler, Glen Shay, of Vale, SD, has been identified as the body recovered from the Belle Fourche River on Tuesday, according to reports.

Shay, 67, had been reported missing on Monday while fishing in western South Dakota.

The Butte County Sheriff’s Office says Shay was last seen Monday afternoon walking with two fishing poles and a folding camp stool to a fishing hole north of Vale, reports KELOLAND.

A search began when Shay did not return from fishing.

According to officials, Shay likely slipped on the river bank and drowned. the sheriff reportedly says the river banks are unstable because of high water.

Geo quick facts: Vale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Butte County, South Dakota, United States. According to the 2010 Census, the population was 136. Vale has been assigned the ZIP code of 57788. The public school located in Vale, whose mascot was The Beet Diggers, closed in the 1972 – Wikipedia.