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Man dies at Baranof Warm Springs near Sitka
Posted: Friday, July 09, 2010
SITKA - Sitka police are investigating the death of a 39-year-old Washington state man at Baranof Warm Springs.
Lt. Barry Allen says Michael Hickman was found dead Tuesday morning in a hot tub on the waterfront of Warm Springs Bay.
He was last seen alive Monday night.
The cause of death is not known. Allen says the body has been flown to Anchorage for autopsy.
Hickman had arrived on the Seattle-based fishing boat Viking Spirit, which was stopping for a few days at Baranof.
Baranof Warm Springs is 20 air miles from Sitka on the east side of Baranof Island.