Ryan Ross Horn, the Hillsboro man missing since late August, was found dead Tuesday, Oct. 8, along a remote road in northwestern Washington County, police say.
His body was discovered in a grassy area about 60 yards from his Ford Ranger pickup, which was parked off an old logging road with a turnaround about a mile from Oregon 47, said Lt. Mike Rouches, a Hillsboro Police spokesman. His cause of death is undetermined, pending an autopsy by the state medical examiner.
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A handgun was found near his body, Rouches said. The death, he said, is not considered suspicious.
Rouches said the area where Horn was found is heavily wooded and near a creek. The closest intersection is Oregon 47 and Northwest Nowakowski Road.
Washington County sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene about 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, after a person observed a pickup parked off the logging road, which is north and west of Buxton and U.S. 26, Rouches said. The caller did not record the license plate on the vehicle or its exact location. But the caller remembered once seeing a flier that said to call police if Horn’s maroon pickup truck was spotted.
A sheriff’s deputy responded, Rouches said, and arrived about 11:50 a.m. The deputy found that Horn’s truck had been broken into, his stereo stolen. Authorities later found Horn’s body. Investigators do not suspect foul play in his death.
Horn, 28, was last seen Aug. 29 by his mother, Michele Haynes, as he was leaving the Hillsboro home they’ve shared since his divorce this summer. He left his wallet behind but had his cellphone, police said, and was believed to be carrying a handgun.
Horn, an inspector at the biotech firm Genentech in Hillsboro, was being treated for bipolar disease, his mother has said.
After leaving the house, Horn sent text messages to several people, Haynes said during an interview last month. Police were able to use cell towers to place Horn about two miles outside of Banks early the morning he left. Police searched western areas of the county by aircraft, but found no sign of Horn’s 2002 maroon truck.
Teams of volunteers have conducted sweeps from Banks to the coast, focusing on pullouts or along tree lines, and have peppered the region with fliers.
The family created a Facebook page, Missing PERSON-Ryan Horn, where they have shared updates and photographs for several weeks. Nearly 2,300 people have “liked” the page.
