Tips help searchers find missing Lane County family

Sheriff’s deputies in Lane County mentioned suggestions from the general public helped them find a household who did not return from a day journey to the mountains on Sunday.

The five-person group, which included two youngsters and a six-year-old baby, left Springfield Sunday morning with plans to return by 8 p.m., the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. They informed buddies they deliberate to go someplace across the HooDoo Ski Space, close to Santiam Cross on Oregon 20, or Salt Creek Sno Park, close to Willamette Cross on Oregon 58.

The household didn’t come residence Sunday evening and the sheriff’s workplace started trying to find them, officers mentioned. Search crews have been utilizing cellphone data to attempt to slim the search space, in keeping with the sheriff’s workplace.

Round 2 p.m. Monday, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned the household had been situated on a forest street within the Field Canyon space within the Cascades east of Eugene. All have been in good well being, officers mentioned.

“The Lane County Sheriff’s Workplace want to thank people who promptly supplied data on this case,” officers mentioned. “Suggestions supplied by the general public allowed searchers to shortly slim the search space and discover the lacking individuals.”

— Kale Williams; kwilliams@oregonian.com; 503-294-4048; @sfkale