Man found dead in mysterious casket at Oregon cemetery has been identified, cops say
.jpg "A 59-year-old man was identified weeks after his body was mysteriously dropped off at a cemetery on March 31, 2022, near Harrisburg, Oregon, the sheriff’s department said.")
A man’s body has been identified after it was dropped off at an Oregon cemetery in a handmade wooden casket, the sheriff’s office said.
The man’s fingerprints were taken and he was identified on Thursday, April 21, as 59-year-old Randall Louis Lloyd — three weeks after his body was first discovered, officials said.
The casket with Lloyd’s body inside mysteriously appeared behind a tree in a remote cemetery on March 31 near Harrisburg, the Linn County Sheriff’s Office said.
The cemetery wasn’t expecting a burial the day it was dropped off.
Lloyd died of natural causes, according to preliminary findings from his autopsy. Authorities are still waiting for his toxicology report, deputies said.
He has ties to Washington, Idaho and Eugene, Oregon.
The sheriff’s office is investigating who left his body at the cemetery and why.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 541-967-3950.
Harrisburg is about 20 miles north of Eugene.
This story was originally published April 22, 2022 at 6:52 PM with the headline "Man found dead in mysterious casket at Oregon cemetery has been identified, cops say."
