Linn County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the death of a Salem man who was found deceased in his vehicle Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 29.
Undersheriff Jim Yon said deputies responded to a male found deceased in his vehicle on a logging road off of Brush Creek Road, south of Sweet Home. At 2:16 p.m., the Linn County 9-1-1 Center received a call reporting a vehicle had appeared to have crashed and a deceased male was inside.
Deputies confirmed there was a deceased male inside a 2012 Dodge pickup and determined it as not a crash, Yon said.
The dead man, identified as Joseph Baker, 37, of Salem, had no obvious injuries or trauma indicating homicidal violence, Yon said.
“This is another difficult one,” he said. “There was nothing in the autopsy to show the cause of death.”
The State Medical Examiner’s office is waiting for toxicology results to come back before they rule on the cause of death, he said.
Detectives and the Medical Examiner assisted with the investigation, which is continuing. Yon said Monday the Medical Examiner is awaiting toxicology results.