BELFAIR — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office says a man found dead in a forest earlier this month was the victim of a homicide.
The Kitsap Sun reported that Noe Alvarado Guarchaj, 43, was reported missing on Sept. 6. Friends and family said they last saw him at church four days earlier.
He was found dead in Tahuya Forest on Sept. 8, within walking distance of his vehicle. The sheriff’s office said he died of a gunshot. Investigators are seeking any information related to his disappearance and death.
