SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING ROSEBURG MAN

May 17, 2021 1:30 p.m. 

Search efforts for a missing Roseburg man are continuing.

Sergeant Brad O’Dell of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said 69-year old Harry Burleigh was reported missing by his wife on Friday after he failed to return from a fishing trip in the Twin Lakes area. O’Dell said on Saturday a deputy located Burleigh’s vehicle at the Twin Lakes trailhead. Burleigh had filled out a form and left it at the trailhead indicating he was entering the Twin Lakes area on Thursday and intended to be out that evening.

O’Dell said searchers have been scouring the area for any signs of the man and had come up empty handed until Sunday. That’s when searchers located a makeshift shelter and a tackle box belonging to Burleigh in the Calf Creek area. However, Burleigh has still not been found.

O’Dell said DCSO has been utilizing search teams and resources from multiple counties as well as partner agencies.