The Gold Beach Police Department with Cal-Ore Ambulance responded to a report from a passerby regarding an unresponsive person laying in the bushes on the north side of Gold Beach along Ellensburg Avenue, Tuesday morning, February 28th, at approximately 10:30am.
Upon arrival first responders discovered the person to be deceased. Multiple agencies including a detective with the Oregon State Police, deputies with the Curry County Sheriff’s Office, and a Brookings Police Officer responded to a request for additional resources to assist with the investigation.
Officers identified the decedent a sixty-two-year-old woman from the Portland area who had been arrested by the Oregon State Police on Saturday, February 25th, in Port Orford where she had been living in her car. She was booked and released from the Curry County Jail and had last been seen alive on Sunday, February 26th, around 3:00pm. She had been offered assistance getting back to her vehicle but declined help according to Tuesdays press release from the Gold Beach Police Department.
The investigation at the scene presented no indication of foul play or criminal activity. The victim likely died of exposure as a result of the rain and cold and has been transferred to the State Medical Examiner for the official manner and cause.
