Student found after search Mason County sheriff’s deputies found the body of a 23-year~old Evergreen State College student in a wooded area west of Hoodsport on May 4 in the course of a two-day search. The young man was identified as Jason E. Madsen, whose family lives in Seattle. He died of an ap— parently self-inflicted gunshot wound, Mason County Detective Inspector Nick Patterson said this week. Patterson said the investigation n when a Hoodsport area landowner reported a burned car on the caller’s property. The vehi- cle, he explained, had been seen earlier by deputies in a different location. They investigated the area around both locations and then contacted the registered own- er of the vehicle. The car’s owner, who was out of twin at the time of the initial con tact, told deputies late Monday that the vehicle had been in his son’s possession. The young man had by then been reported missing. "We started looking on Tuesday,“ Patterson said. “We found him Wednesday.” The body, according to Deputy Coroner Mike Clift, was found close to a quarter of a mile off an old logging road near Foothills Park d a nearby rifle range “It looks," Clift estimated, “as if he died around April 29." The 5 thing we see inflicted wound ment, Pat- terson said, concurred With th oner’s ofiice d term the death was a suic de acor- ation that . “Every- a self- on said, noting that his office had received information indicating Madsen had been depressed. “We have no reason to believe that foul play was . involved." However, the burning of the car [204414;qu .flzeihp‘ll/asm C’o Jew/101 is another matter. The sheriffs office continues to investigate what is called the theft ofthe unoc- cupied vehicle, which was burned some distance away from where it was initially seen. , OCR Text: Student found after search Mason County sheriff’s deputies found the body of a 23-year~old Evergreen State College student in a wooded area west of Hoodsport on May 4 in the course of a two-day search. The young man was identified as Jason E. Madsen, whose family lives in Seattle. He died of an ap— parently self-inflicted gunshot wound, Mason County Detective Inspector Nick Patterson said this week. Patterson said the investigation n when a Hoodsport area landowner reported a burned car on the caller’s property. The vehi- cle, he explained, had been seen earlier by deputies in a different location. They investigated the area around both locations and then contacted the registered own- er of the vehicle. The car’s owner, who was out of twin at the time of the initial con tact, told deputies late Monday that the vehicle had been in his son’s possession. The young man had by then been reported missing. "We started looking on Tuesday,“ Patterson said. “We found him Wednesday.” The body, according to Deputy Coroner Mike Clift, was found close to a quarter of a mile off an old logging road near Foothills Park d a nearby rifle range “It looks," Clift estimated, “as if he died around April 29." The 5 thing we see inflicted wound ment, Pat- terson said, concurred With th oner’s ofiice d term the death was a suic de acor- ation that . “Every- a self- on said, noting that his office had received information indicating Madsen had been depressed. “We have no reason to believe that foul play was . involved." However, the burning of the car [204414;qu .flzeihp‘ll/asm C’o Jew/101 is another matter. The sheriffs office continues to investigate what is called the theft ofthe unoc- cupied vehicle, which was burned some distance away from where it was initially seen. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Other Obituaries,M Last Name,Madsen, Jason E. (1).tif,Madsen, Jason E. (1).tif, Madsen, Jason E. (1).tif