UPDATE (06-02-22, 11:00 a.m.) – Zed Edison III was found dead in rural Siskiyou County, investigators said.
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said Edison’s ATV was found Wednesday at the bottom of a 300-foot embankment off Forest Service Road 1050 south of Applegate Lake.
A search and rescue team descended down the cliff in an effort to rescue Edison, but he was found deceased. His family has been notified.
No further information was provided by the sheriff’s office.
(Original post) SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. – Police are asking for help finding a missing man.
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said 81-year-old Zed Edison III was last seen at about 2:30 p.m. Monday on Forest Service Road 1050 in Siskiyou County south of the Oregon-California border near Applegate Lake.
According to investigators, Edison left a residence on a black and green 2003 Arctic Cat ATV to go gold panning and he never returned home.
He’s likely wearing a flannel shirt and blue jeans.
Deputies said Edison suffers from high blood pressure and COPD.
Anyone with further information about this case is asked to call SCSO at 530-841-2900. Reference case number 1-22-0879.
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