Investigators have identified the body discovered Jan. 24 near the Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary as 24-year-old Brian Bodle of Newberg, Ore.
An autopsy conducted last week found Bodle died of homicidal violence, according to the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded about 2:15 p.m. to a call about “suspicious circumstances” on National Forest Road 83, near the junction with National Forest Road 90, about 7 miles east of Cougar. There, they found a dead person.
Anyone who was in the area of Ape Cave and Marble Mountain — which provides access to a Mount St. Helens climbing route — on Jan. 23 and saw any suspicious activity should contact detectives with the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office at 509-427-9490.
