Unalaska Deputy Police Chief Bill Simms said police do not suspect foul play in any of the deaths. He said the State Medical Examiner's Office ruled the first person died of natural causes, and he said police are waiting on final autopsy reports for the other four deaths, which remain under investigation.
"With this incident, the general consensus among the group was that we did everything that we could do," said Interim Fire Chief Ben Knowles. "We had people out there almost consistently for 36 hours. We went off the facts that we were given. We looked for the signs."
Malepeai Mamea’s family launched an online fundraiser about five days ago. As of Tuesday morning, more than 75 donors had contributed. The family’s goal is to raise $10,000 to help transport Malepeai Mamea’s body to Seattle and lay her to rest there.