Overview
- Relatives identified the couple as Kit, 71, and Jerry Boucher, 72, of Eastham, after authorities initially withheld their names at the family’s request.
- Responders were first alerted by a report of a loose, wet dog at First Encounter Beach around 9 a.m. Saturday, leading officers to the woman about 30 feet from shore.
- Two Eastham police officers fell through the ice during rescue attempts and made it back to shore before being evaluated at Cape Cod Hospital.
- The Barnstable County dive team recovered the woman’s body at about 11:12 a.m. Saturday, and extensive searches using divers, an underwater ROV, drones, and shoreline sweeps have not located her husband.
- Crews conducted brief checks on Sunday and Monday and plan to return with dive teams when ice conditions improve; the couple’s dog was found and returned to family as neighbors gathered at a growing memorial.