OREGON, Wis. — Dane County officials on Tuesday identified the 30-year-old man whose body was found along a highway south of Oregon last week.
In a news release Tuesday night, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Logan Gueths of Oregon. Gueths died from blunt force trauma.
A truck driver reported finding Gueths’ body around 5 p.m. near the intersection of County Highways MM and A on June 8. The sheriff’s office said investigators believe the incident that led to Gueths’ death happened between 9:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. the previous day.
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Details about what led to Gueths’ death remain unclear. The sheriff’s office said it has interviewed the driver of a van it had been looking for as part of its investigation but did not say whether that person may have hit Gueths or whether they will face any charges.
Officials described the incident as a fatal crash but did not say whether Gueths was in a vehicle or whether he was a pedestrian or a bicyclist.
The sheriff’s office is asking anyone with information to call their tip line at 608-284-6900.
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