UPDATE: Body found in ditch in Butte Falls identified

BUTTE FALLS, Ore. – UPDATE: The Jackson County Sheriff’s office has identified the body found in a ditch on Cobleigh Road Friday.

Police say 28-year-old Joseph Cody Baize is from Grants Pass but has previously lived in Kentucky.

No more details have been released as this is an active investigation. Stay with NBC5 News for more details as they become available.

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A body was found Friday morning in Butte Falls and now the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

According to deputies, a body was found in a ditch on Cobleigh Road which is off of Butte Falls Highway.

Information right now is limited. However, we do know it’s being investigated as a suspicious death.

NBC5 News has a reporter in the area and this story will be updated when more details become available.

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