Here are some of the headlines from this past week in the Missoulian. To read the full stories, click the link on each headline: Sheriff IDs body found in Clark Fork River as Eva Masin Prather The Missoula County Sheriff's Office identified a body recovered from the Clark Fork River on Oct. 13 as Eva Masin Prather, who had been missing since December 2023.
The cause and manner of Prather's death are still under investigation, the Friday press release said. The remains were recovered from a log jam near the 6600 block of Mullan Road. Prather, 43, was first reported missing on Dec.
30, 2023, out of Missoula. She had last been seen near the 1000 block of Rollins Street, in the Slant Streets neighborhood. Law enforcement had previously said that Prather left home without her personal belongings or clothing appropriate for the cold temperatures outside.
Missing-person posters distributed through town after her disappearance indicated she may have been experiencing a mental health crisis. Missoula Police Department was the lead agency investigating her case. By March, police said they had exhausted all leads .
A Facebook group dedicated to her case had accumulated more than 1,400 followers, and through the past 10 months members would post daily with questions and theories about her. — Missoulian Staff Washington man gets almost 4 years in prison for mass eagle killings, trafficking A Washington man originally from the Flathead Reservation in Montana was sentenced Thursday to 46 .
