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Body of mushroom picker from Oakridge recovered from Salmon Creek area

Lane County Sheriff's Search and Rescue found the body of a missing mushroom picker on Wednesday, Nov. 19, near Oakridge.

Jean Fritz Pierre Louis, 76, of Oakridge, went missing last month in the Salmon Creek area.

His body was found at the bottom of a steep drainage, which required rope teams to access and recover him.

The Sheriff says volunteers and deputies devoted over one-thousand hours to the search for Louis, on foot and horseback, with drones, K9s, and high angle rope teams.

Linn County Search & Rescue and Eugene Mountain Rescue assisted with the search.