MILTON-FREEWATER, OR — Loggers have found human remains scattered near a Blue Mountains recreation area where an Eastern Oregon teenager went missing nine years ago. The state medical examiners are investigating.
Loggers found the skeletal remains earlier this week off a road near Harris Park, which is owned by Umatilla County. A state crime lab scientist determined the remains were those of a male. Sheriff Terry Rowan said there was no immediate indication how long the remains had been there.
The paper reports that a Jeep Cherokee belonging to Byron Fusselman, 19, Milton-Freewater was found in the park’s lot in November 2005, and the area was searched. Authorities said at the time he wasn’t dressed for the freezing temperatures.
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