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Husband and wife drown in river while using inflatable kayak

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 7:57 PM · 1 min read
Husband and wife drown in river while using inflatable kayak  — Siesta Key Sports news

PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) — A married couple drowned on Halloween while floating on the lower Salt River in an inflatable kayak.Arizona authorities said they were called to the river Saturday afternoon for reports of a man yelling that his wife couldn’t swim as the two floated downstream.According to investigators, both the man and woman went missing underwater.The woman’s body was found just after 2 p.m., with her husband’s body located upstream about an hour later.Deputies identified the couple as Cindy Bowers, 68, and Anthony Beringer, 59. They were sharing one kayak, and neither was wearing a life jacket, the sheriff’s office said.The couple’s deaths remain under investigation.

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