DEATH INVESTIGATION - SPENCER BUTTE AREA SOUTH OF EUGENE
News Release from Oregon State Police
Posted on FlashAlert: July 17th, 2014 1:02 PM
Oregon State Police (OSP) and the Lane County Medical Examiner are investigating the apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound death of a 62-year old Eugene man found Wednesday afternoon deceased in his vehicle south of Eugene.
On July 16, 2014 at approximately 4:23 p.m., an OSP trooper was attempting to locate next of kin related to an earlier fatal traffic crash when a citizen flagged the trooper down. The citizen told the trooper there was a suspicious vehicle parked off the road near S. Willamette Street and W. 52nd Avenue.
The citizen pointed out where the passenger car was parked and the trooper saw the driver was slumped over in the driver's seat. When the trooper approached the car he found the 62-year old male driver, identified as RICHARD IRWIN CAESAR from Eugene, deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A handgun was found in the vehicle.
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On July 16, 2014 at approximately 4:23 p.m., an OSP trooper was attempting to locate next of kin related to an earlier fatal traffic crash when a citizen flagged the trooper down. The citizen told the trooper there was a suspicious vehicle parked off the road near S. Willamette Street and W. 52nd Avenue.
The citizen pointed out where the passenger car was parked and the trooper saw the driver was slumped over in the driver's seat. When the trooper approached the car he found the 62-year old male driver, identified as RICHARD IRWIN CAESAR from Eugene, deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A handgun was found in the vehicle.
### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
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