— Photos courtesy of Linn County Sheriff’s Office
Linn County Search and Rescue personnel on Thursday, July 10, located the body of David Winter, of Albany, in the Snow Peak Area after the third continuous day of searching.
Winter’s body was located at the bottom of a 300-foot cliff where SAR personnel were able to retrieve him using a rope system. No foul play is suspected, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
Albany Police responded on July 1 to a report that Winter, 63, was reported to have left his Albany residence in his vehicle without explanation and had not returned.
On the evening of July 7, Linn County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle located on Bureau of Land Management land near Snow Peak. The reporting party stated that he had found a vehicle on a secluded logging road and believed it might be associated with a missing person case reported to the
Albany Police Department.
Deputies responded and confirmed the vehicle belonged to David Winter. Winter was not with the vehicle. The vehicle has since been returned to the family.
The Linn County Sheriff’s SAR team was activated and conducted a search operation around the vehicle for the last two days. This is a heavily wooded area, making search efforts difficult. The Linn County SAR team was assisted by SAR teams from the Lane and Benton County Sheriff’s Offices, Region 3 K9 search units, and the U.S. Army National Guard, which assisted with aerial searches via helicopter.
— Photos courtesy of Linn County Sheriff’s Office
