UPDATED March 7, 2024, to include details about the search efforts when the car was found:
The body of a Lebanon man who was reported missing four years ago was found Monday, March 4, east of Foster Lake.
Holden Reed Kinsey, who would be 29 today, was found near milepost 34 on Highway 20 when a tree trimming company was clearing limbs along the highway.
Kinsey was reported missing on Jan. 11, 2020, by his mother after an apparent dispute earlier that month. The missing person file indicates she reported he left her residence on Jan. 2 and a coworker saw him the next day. She also told police her son had mental health issues that he wasn’t treating at the time, he had no friends and he rarely left home. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black long sleeve shirt, black pants and black shoes, and he might be in possession of a firearm and knife.
During investigations, Sweet Home police reported a transaction from Kinsey’s bank account that took place at Dollar Tree in Sweet Home on Feb. 2, 2020. They also reported a case that month that involved Kinsey. Detectives reported that Kinsey’s last known location on Feb. 3, 2020, was on Highway 20 east of the intersection of Santiam Highway and Quartzville Road.
On Aug. 9, 2021, Linn County Search and Rescue conducted a search when a vehicle known to be driven by Kinsey was located abandoned near milepost 33, but no further leads were found. During a briefing that morning, a Lebanon detective asked for assistance to search Kinsey’s last known (Feb. 3, 2020) location.
Three Type 2 search assignments were requested. This would be a grid search wherein searchers space out at approximately double-arm interval and slowly traverse the terrain in front of them.
- Conduct a five-person Type 2 search of the area to the north of Santiam Highway around Kinsey’s last known position. The terrain was described as a near-vertical drop from the highway down several hundred feet to Foster Lake and was covered with heavy trees and undergrowth. The search was to be conducted using high-angle rope equipment with specially-trained rope rescue SAR members. The SAR members were picked up at the water’s edge and dropped back off at the starting point for another pass.
- Conduct a Type 2 search with 11 rescuers along the south side of Santiam Highway from the last known position to Cascade Timber Consulting Company road, South Santiam 200.
- Conduct a Type 2 search with 11 rescuers along the south of Santiam Highway from the South Santiam 200 road, east approximately 100 yards.
Furthermore, Linn County Sheriff’s Office conducted multiple flights over the search areas using a drone.
This story will be updated as more information is obtained.
March 5, 2024
The body of a Lebanon man who was reported missing four years ago was found Monday, March 4, east of Foster Lake.
Holden Reed Kinsey, who would be 29 today, was found near milepost 34 on Highway 20 when a tree trimming company was clearing limbs along the highway.
Kinsey was reported missing on Jan. 11, 2020, by his mother after an apparent dispute earlier that month. The missing person file indicates she reported he left her residence on Jan. 2 and a coworker saw him the next day. She also told police her son had mental health issues that he wasn’t treating at the time, he had no friends and he rarely left home. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black long sleeve shirt, black pants and black shoes, and he might be in possession of a firearm and knife.
During investigations, Sweet Home police reported a transaction from Kinsey’s bank account that took place at Dollar Tree in Sweet Home on Feb. 2, 2020. They also reported a case that month that involved Kinsey.
On Aug. 9, 2021, Linn County Search and Rescue conducted a search when a vehicle known to be driven by Kinsey was located abandoned near milepost 33, but no further leads were found. Detectives reported that Kinsey’s last known location on Feb. 3, 2020, was on Highway 20 east of the intersection of Santiam Highway and Quartzville Road.
This story will be updated as more information is obtained.