Chinese teenager found dead at US youth camp, a day after going missing
Body of tourist pulled out of nearby lake in Washington state, county sheriff says
An 18-year-old Chinese tourist has been found dead in Washington state after he went missing from a youth camp.
Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo told The Bellingham Herald that the body of Bin Wang had been found by a dive team in Lake Whatcom on Wednesday, about 24 hours after he was reported missing from Camp Firwood.
Elfo said Wang’s shirt and shoes were found near the water, and that Wang did not know how to swim.
Wang, believed to be a high school student in China, was travelling with a tour group from Seattle, Tom Beaumont, executive director at The Firs, which runs Camp Firwood, told the newspaper. He was attending the Christian summer camp as part of a longer US trip, Beaumont said.
Wang’s parents had been notified, Beaumont told the newspaper. He said the teenager had been participating in a group game that included water sports late on Tuesday afternoon before he went missing.