OR OR - Peter 'Sean' Kosky, 24, McMinnville, 30 Sept 2012

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http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-n.../2012/10/searchers_looking_for_missing_1.html

Published: Tuesday, October 02, 2012, 10:57 PM
Updated: Tuesday, October 02, 2012, 11:38 PM
By Everton Bailey Jr., The Oregonian

Searchers looking for missing 24-year-old man in McMinnville

 

[freefallzzzz]

Sad.. I've been monitoring this, I'm a local and I grew up in that area.. Hope he is found safe..

 

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http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-n...sf/2012/10/search_called_off_for_missing.html

Published: Thursday, October 04, 2012, 11:40 PM
Updated: Thursday, October 04, 2012, 11:45 PM
By Everton Bailey Jr., The Oregonian

A search for a missing McMinnville man has been cancelled, authorities said.

 

[djr]

I live in McMinnville, this was in the Newsregister today.

Kosky friends and family will search today
http://www.newsregister.com/article...ill-search-today--1349535401--4857--home-news

 

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Welcome to WebSleuths djr!

 

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http://www.newsregister.com/article...nnville-resident--1352487052--5272--home-news

NOV 9, 2012

Pete Kosky, the father of 24-year-old Sean Kosky, who was reported missing in late September in the rugged Miller Woods area west of McMinnville, announced today he is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of his son.

 

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http://www.facebook.com/PeterSeanKosky

 

[CatFancier]

https://www.facebook.com/PeterSeanKosky

Per this site, his body was found in the Willamette River on May 29, 2013.

 

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https://www.facebook.com/PeterSeanKosky

Per this site, his body was found in the Willamette River on May 29, 2013.

FYI - Matthew McConnell-Hegland was the body found in the Willamette River that is referenced on Peter's page.

 

[gm8549]

Also,according to the page. a post by his mother Denise says he's still missing. Why has there been no information psted about him ? Nothing since he went missing.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Added to Charley Project - http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/k/kosky_peter.html

 

[los2188]

As I was looking through The Charley Project as I'm sure a lot of us do, I noticed that in the resolved area of the website, the case of Peter Sean Kosky was shown as being located deceased, but there was no other details regarding him. I also tried to look it up through Yahoo (sorry, I'm a Yahoo guy, not Google) and on Facebook, but I was not able to verify that he was indeed located deceased. I sent a message to one of the mods a while ago, but I received no response. I've always found The Charley Project to be a very credible and accurate source of information in regards to the missing. Can anyone else verify this? Here's the resolved cases link that I found.. http://charleyproject.org/resolved.html

 

[los2188]

It looks as though he may have been found. I found this on Charley Project.. http://charleyproject.org/resolved.html

 

[zwiebel]

That has to be a simple mistake I think. His FB page states he is still missing this month, and it appears to be run by his family.

https://www.facebook.com/PeterSeanKosky

A Peter Sean Kosky died in Oregon in 2009, And I wonder if the confusion has possibly stemmed from there?

 

[zwiebel]

Oh dear. This is coming high on google searches now. Maybe someone on FB could let his family know about the mistake on the charley project page, and that we are discussing it? They could get an awful shock if they come across found d.......... in a google search.

ETA - unless I am making a mistake. I'm not on FB and can't see full dates. That latest entry is Nov this year, isn't it?

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

I'll send a message to Meaghan who runs Charley... His Facebook page was updated just a few days ago saying he was still missing.

 

[zwiebel]

Thank you!

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

I didn't hear back from Meaghan but it look like she removed Peter from her "resolved" section.

 

[zwiebel]

I found this article when I was looking up info for Peter yesterday. I'm sure it must be the same man, as the age, names and hometown match up.

http://www.katu.com/news/local/114981704.html?mobile=y

What a tragedy that he seems to have had hardly two years from recovering from a severe accident, to going missing. I am wondering if the injuries he received then were the cause of his epilepsy, or if existing epilepsy was to blame for the accident?

I'm not trying to sleuth a missing person, but it seems obvious from what I have read that Peter meets all the criteria for endangered missing, but doesn't seem to have been categorized that way. Don't authorities do that in OR?

I am wondering if some epilepsy charities might be able to offer the family some help and support in this case. I know the FB page doesn't have many updates, but this must be so hard for them; no media updates and very little support from others on the FB page either. I get the feeling they don't know where to turn now.

 

[zwiebel]

This is a newly-released, step-by-step missing person's guide, compiled by a family member of a missing person. It is Australian, but I think it contains very good guidance that is relevant for the US missing too.

http://www.missingpersonsguide.com/volunteers/