- Date
- 2019-06-30
- Kind
- Emergency response
- Where
- Sand Bay
- Participants
- person/matthew-kinzinger
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathemergency-responsecoast-guardcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Matthew R. Kinzinger, 50, died in a drowning accident on Beaver Island on June 30, 2019. Forum observers reported a Coast Guard and Canadian Forces search over Lake Michigan; a family-posted obituary relay supplies the identity and death circumstances and thanks local and federal responders.
Evidence limits
The family obituary relay is the strongest archived source for the death. The exact water location and detailed aircraft assignments come from observation and participant explanation, not an incident report.
Sources
- A resident observed a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and Canadian Forces C-130 conducting an apparent search over Lake Michigan; replies reported that a person had fallen from a boat and that the body was recovered. The operational details are partly participant inference.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 14 · t014317
- A family post relayed a funeral-home obituary stating that Matthew R. Kinzinger, age 50, died June 30 in a drowning accident on Beaver Island and thanking the sheriff, fire department, and Coast Guard. This is a family-posted obituary relay.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 14 · t014330
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Matthew Kinzinger dies in Beaver Island drowning accident, 2019”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-matthew-kinzinger-drowning-search-2019/, accessed [date], citing Foxbat, “Unusual Aerial Activity over Sand Bay on June 30,” Beaver Island Forum, July 1–2, 2019. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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