ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - The Linn County sheriff’s office says a man whose body was found Sunday in the Willamette River at Albany, Ore., has been identified as a 45-year-old Portland resident.
Sheriff Bruce Riley said Monday that on March 31, Jared Ethan Brown got off in Corvallis during a short stop by a bus on which he was traveling from Roseburg to Portland. He took off on foot. His traveling companion reported him missing and said he might have been suffering from mental issues. Corvallis police searched but could not find him.
Riley says Brown was on post-prison supervision and was a registered sex offender.
The Oregon state medical examiner’s office determined there was no evidence of foul play.
The body was spotted by a family on a hike near Bryant Park.
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