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Reported Missing Person Found Dead in Auto Crash
Published Feb 19, 2008
Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence on Upper Bethany Road to investigate a missing person complaint. Deputies determined Willard Lee Thompson, age 60, left his residence around 4:30 this morning on his way to work but he never arrived. Deputies began a search of the area and the route Mr. Thompson would likely have taken to work. The Cherokee 911 Center received a call reporting a vehicle accident off Highway 5, in the Keithsburg Community.
Deputies located Mr. Thompson’s vehicle more than 600 feet off the roadway, crashed into a creek bed. Unfortunately, deputies found Mr. Thompson deceased and detectives are investigating the incident to determine the cause of death.
