OK OK: Walser, Donald Roosevelt DOB 8/18/1933 found 6/22/2011 # 299

Homeless man found in ditch in eastern Oklahoma

Originally published June 25, 2011 at 3:21 a.m., updated June 25, 2011 at 4:24 a.m.

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - Oklahoma authorities say a homeless man has been found dead in a ditch near the border between Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Officials say the body of 77-year-old Donald Walser was discovered Wednesday along U.S. 64 between Sallisaw and Vian.

Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart told KFSM-TV that it appears Walser was a drifter traveling throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Deputies found a bicycle and a tent Walser used.

According to the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Walser had heart disease and suffered a heart attack.

Lockhart says Walser was never married and has no known relatives, but officials plan to hold a proper burial for him in a Sequoyah County cemetery.

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Information from: KFSM-TV, http://www.kfsm.com/

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