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• Sheriff’s Office Actively Searching for Missing Man Near Piercy

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Press release from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office:

On 12-10-2023 searchers located a deceased person in the missing person investigation established search area.  

On 12-19-2023 at 9:30 AM the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Coroner’s Division reported they had identified the deceased body after recent dental comparisons were conducted by a Forensic Odontologist.
Dental comparisons confirmed the deceased person found during the 12-10-2023 search efforts as being Scott William Graves.

The Coroner’s Division and Sheriff’s Detectives are continuing investigations in an attempt to determine the manner, cause and circumstances of Graves 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.