Police Find Body During Search For Oregon Man Missing In AK
(Ketchikan, AK) -- Police say they've found a body in their search for an Oregon man who got lost while hiking in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Alaska State Troopers say search and rescue crews found a man dead and partially submerged in water at the bottom of a cliff in the Deer Mountain Trail area near Ketchikan yesterday. Crews were in the area searching for 49-year-old Heath Didier of Portland, who had last been heard from Sunday night. Police say he called for help earlier Sunday night saying he was lost, cold and unequipped for the conditions, with no food, water or survival gear.



