Human Remains Recovered in Clackamas River

Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Marine personnel recover human remains discovered floating in the Willamette River‏

Photo of Marine unit on Clackamas, Oregon Courtesy: Clackamas County Sheriff's Office

(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - On Saturday, November 28, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. a fishing guide and his clients recognized a deceased human body entangled in a large nest of sticks floating down the Willamette River, just below Hogg Island, on the Lake Oswego side of the river.

Detective Jim Strovink, Public Information Officer with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, says the agency's Marine Unit was alerted and responded to this reported discovery of a deceased body floating in the river.

"Marine personnel located the floating debris and human remains entangled in this floating collection of sticks. This buoyant nest of sticks and human remains was towed to the east side of the river at the Oak Grove Boulevard boat ramp," Strovink said.

The Clackamas County Deputy Medical Examiner was summoned to the scene to investigate and take possession of the recovered human remains.

Investigators are not speculating on the discovery; however, the corpse does appear to have been in the water for a considerable amount of time.

The gender of this corpse is not known, and a forensic autopsy is anticipated soon.