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Police Seek Public Help in Locating Missing Eugene Man

Eugene Police and OSP Seeking Information to Help Find Missing Eugene Man Whose Pickup was Found South of Gold Beach

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Police, are asking for the public's help to find a missing Eugene-area man whose pickup was found abandoned at a southern Oregon coast public wayside on Highway 101 about nine miles south of Gold Beach.

49-year old Mark J. Rees of Eugene, was reported missing by his ex-wife April 11, 2010 to Eugene Police Department after she learned Rees failed to pay rent to his landlord.

Body Discovered Near Pistol River Wayside South of Gold Beach

Police rule the death a probable suicide but they didn't find a weapon.

(GOLD BEACH, Ore.) - Police on the southern Oregon coast say a man found deceased near the shore line on a beach about 1/3 mile south of Pistol River Wayside Saturday afternoon is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Oregon State Police Detective John Riddle says Curry County 9-1-1 received a report of a body found on the beach south of Pistol River Wayside approximately 5:00 PM. Oregon State Police and Curry County Sheriff's Office responded to the area and located the body of an adult male near the surf line who appeared to have been in the water for an unknown period.