Body Recovered on Beach Identified as Missing Aloha Boy

Body Found April 8th on Lincoln City Beach Identified as Missing 16-Year Old Aloha Youth

File photo by Tim King Salem-News.com

(LINCOLN CITY, Ore.) - A body that washed up onto a Lincoln City area beach April 8th was positively identified by the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office, with the assistance of the Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division, as a 16-year old Aloha youth missing since March 8th.

Ross Barfuss was unaccounted for after he went into the surf in an attempt to rescue and 11-year old boy at Gleneden Beach on March 8th. The 11-year old boy's body was recovered but Ross Barfuss remained missing since that date. Then on April 8th, a body washed onto the beach near the Nordic Oceanfront Inn in Lincoln City. Oregon State Police were working with the Lincoln County Medical Examiner's Office for positive identification.

Oregon State Police detectives obtained a DNA sample from Barfuss family members used to help identify the body through work completed at the Oregon State Police Portland Metro Forensic Laboratory.

Previous stories on Salem-News.com about Ross Barfuss, an Oregon youth who risked and gave his life trying to save another:

Police Identify 16-Year Old Boy Missing at Gleneden Beach

Victim Dies in High Surf Incident at Gleneden Beach