OSP: Body found near Keno tentatively ID'ed as missing man
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- A body found along a forested road in southern Oregon has been tentatively identified as a man who was reported missing last year.
According to Oregon State Police, a former member of a search and rescue team was walking along Clover Creek Road Wednesday when he found the body of a deceased man in the forested area nearby.
After getting a call about the discovery, local police dispatched the state Criminal Investigation Division, Klamath County Sheriff's Office and the Klamath County DA's office to the scene.
Officials have tentatively identified the body as Robert Lear, 39, a Klamath Falls man who has been missing since December.
The state medical examiner has yet to conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death and confirm the identity.
Early in December, Lear and his family were moving from Klamath Falls to Seattle.
Lear was supposed to have left Klamath Falls on Dec.12 in his silver Volkswagen station wagon to meet his family at their new home.
Lear's family reported him missing to the state police on Thursday, nine days after they had last heard from him.
Investigators said that they found Lear's station wagon abandoned on a wooded road about 8 miles north of Keno in Klamath County in later that month.
Police received a tip on Sunday that lead them to Lear's station wagon, which was found abandoned on a spur road of Clover Creek Road in the wilderness of Klamath County, nearby where the body was found.
A Search and Rescue crew of 6 people (4 on snowshoes, 2 K9 handlers) spent Monday searching the wilderness, state police said. Officials said that they will decide on whether or not to continue the search Monday night.
If you have any information that may be helpful in locating Lear, police ask that you contact Detective Dennis Yaws or Sergeant Bob Fenner at OSP's Klamath Falls Area Command office at (541) 883-5713.
Just to be fair, this is a KPIC news story, not a KATU one. Don't know if KATU has the right to edit, but maybe they should have in this case.Â
The written word today is a sad mockery of what it used to be.  Grammar and spelling are things of the past. Everyone thinks "SPELL CHECK" will do the spelling for them, so they don't need to learn how to spell correctly. It's really sad.
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As for the subject of this story -Â I'm so sorry for the family's loss.
You should have seen it when they reported it using color crayons..Â
Again with the poorly written what?!? Â I don't know what a "Dicvision" is and "COunty" is obviously also a typo. Â Then the rest of the story is disjointed and combined with the earlier report.
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When was the car found? Â When was he reported missing? Â Going back and looking at the previous story I see that the car was found about the 21st (I'm not pulling up a calendar -- the news "reporters" should at least do that much work) -- which happens to follow with the family reporting him missing 9 days after he was supposed to leave (Dec. 12th).
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What a totally different story than the one my mind was trying to paint with the current "version" here! Â I would almost have rather NOT had a follow up if the news isn't going to at least pretend to fact check and spell check (I've long given up on grammar checking).
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I know I'm going to get myself kicked off of this site but, for anyone who wants to follow the story, apparently this isn't the place and/or you're going to have to do your own research to be able to interpret what KATU is trying to say.
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In the event that anyone reading the boards actually happens to know Mr. Lear or his family, I mean no disrespect. Â Quite the contrary. Â His story -- whatever it may be -- deserves to be reported fairly and accurately and, most importantly, to answer the questions that those who knew him and cared about him the most. Â May you find the answers you seek and the understanding you deserve.
 @CTWU You're right about the writing.  I felt like it reverted to a previous story about half way through.  Weird.