The Lane County Sheriff’s Office continued the search this past weekend for Danny Oberg, 28, a Sweet Home man who was reported missing in April after his vehicle was found abandoned in the Marcola area.
Searchers later found one of the two dogs that had accompanied Oberg when he disappeared, and about two weeks later a relative spotted the second one.
Oberg, 28, was last seen locally on Sunday, April 23, at Safeway in the company of at least one other man, now identified as Kaleb Bantam.
Oberg’s car was found stuck in the mud on a hillside off Marcola Road, near milepost 13, a few days later.
In the latest search, the Lane County Search and Rescue teamed up with Linn County Search and Rescue to cover a section of private timber lands north of Marcola in hopes of turning up new clues regarding Oberg’s whereabouts. The area is wooded and had been previously inaccessible due to heavy brush.
On Saturday, Dec. 16, a group of 29 Search and Rescue volunteers and staff, including ground searchers a snd K9 teams, combed the area looking for Oberg. On Sunday, 19 searchers continued to cover the area.
By the end of the day, no new clues had been found indicating where Oberg may have gone, according to a statement by the Lane County Sheriff’s Office.
Over the past months detectives from the Lane County Sheriff’s Office have conducted multiple interviews trying to locate Oberg, according to the statement.
This search was one of many since April 2017 conducted by Search and Rescue crews.
Oberg is a white male, standing 6 feet tall and weighing approximately 160 pounds with medium-length brown hair and a short beard, which may be grown out by now, according to the statement.
The Lane County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone who has seen Oberg to call (541) 682-4141.