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The Associated Press

UPDATE: 11:15 a.m. | The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a crewman who fell overboard from a crab boat about eight miles west of the mouth of the Queets River, on the Olympic Peninsula coast.

A Coast Guard helicopter from Astoria and boats from Westport searched more than 91 square miles for more than seven hours before the search was suspended Wednesday.

Petty Officer Nathan Bradshaw says the 56-year-old man fell into the water about 1:30 a.m. while setting crab pots from the Westport-based vessel Senja.

He was not wearing a life jacket when he landed in the 48-degree water.

Police in Central Oregon say they have two suspects in custody in the beating death of a Seattle fisherman whose body was found in an abandoned railroad tunnel.

Sgt. Jason Erickson of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the body of the 48-year-old man was found Wednesday just south of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation near a popular fishing spot on the Deschutes River, the Associated Press reported.

Sheriff Jim Adkins says the victim knew at least one of the suspects and alcohol appears to have been involved.

The victim’s name hasn’t been released, the AP reported.