NORTH COAST, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team was among agencies around the North Coast that joined the effort to find a missing Piercy man over the weekend.
Human remains were located on Sunday, but so far officials have not been able to confirm if they are those of 63-year-old Scott William Graves, whose family had last heard from him on Dec. 4.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said deputies received a missing person’s report on Graves on Dec. 7.
His family reported that on Dec. 4 he had tried to leave his property in the 73000 block of Island Mountain Road in Piercy, but it was too wet and the roads were unsafe for travel. He said at that time he planned to leave on Dec. 5.
When his family didn’t hear from him by Dec. 7, they went to his property to look for him. Officials said they couldn’t find him, but that it didn’t appear Graves had left the property as the majority of his personal belongings and vehicle were at the property.
A three-day search ensued, with search and rescue personnel from California Search and Rescue, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Bay Area Mountain Rescue Unit, Napa County Sheriff’s Office SAR, California Rescue Dog Association, Marin County Sheriff’s Office, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, Lake County Sheriff’s Office, California National Guard Blackhawk Crew, San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office and Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office joining the effort.
On Sunday, the searchers located a deceased person in the missing person investigation established search area.
As of Monday, the person was unidentified due to the condition of the body.
Mendocino County Sheriff's detectives are actively conducting investigations in an attempt to determine the identity of the person along with the cause and manner of death.
Anyone who might have information that could assist Sheriff's Detectives in this investigation are urged to contact the Sheriff's Office Tip-Line by calling 707-234-2100 or the WeTip Anonymous Crime Reporting Hotline by calling 800-782-7463.
Agencies from around region join in search for Piercy man
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