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Body Found May Be Missing Homeless Man

Posted: May. 12, 2021 3:35 PM PDT

A body has been found in the Grass Valley area, who may be a homeless man recently reported missing. Police Captain Steve Johnson says they received a report of a missing 48-year-old man last Friday…

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After the man couldn’t be located last weekend, Johnson says the search was expanded, also with the assistance of the Nevada County Search and Rescue Team. The team’s specially-trained K9’s were coordinated. And then Wednesday morning, a body of a man was found in a heavily-wooded area off Brunswick Road….

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Johnson says there were no obvious signs of trauma to the body. The man has now been identified as 48-year-old William Rieg II.

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