NORTH BEND — A man reported missing last week was found Thursday afternoon dead near a hiking trail in North Bend.
According to a press release by the North Bend Police Department, authorities recovered the body and identified the man as 69-year-old Kim Simpson Griffin.
Police responded to a call Thursday afternoon from a couple who was walking on a trail west of Cessna Court who reported seeing the body of a man in the brush below a steep embankment.
Griffin was last seen at his home in Airport Heights Aug. 23 wearing dark clothing.
“The cause of death has been determined to be exposure and hypothermia,” said the release. “No evidence of foul play is present. The family of the deceased has been notified.”
Earlier this week, search and rescue efforts began to help locate Griffin, the grandson of North Bend founder Louis J. Simpson.
