On Monday, April 10, Washington State Department of Transportation Air Search and Rescue crews successfully identified a missing 2006 Cessna T182 Turbo Skylane piloted by Rod Collen in the wooded forests near Queets. The pilot was discovered deceased inside the aircraft, likely dying upon impact. He had been missing for 36 days. The Collen family has been notified and briefed of today’s events.

Mr. Collen departed from the Tacoma Narrows Airport at 5:35 p.m., Monday, March 6, and his plane fell off radar abruptly 45 minutes later. WSDOT and partners searched a 36-square-mile wooded area for two weeks, and suspended the search on March 20 after finding no trace of the pilot or aircraft. On Friday, April 7, crews returned to the area using a new hypothesis of what may have happened to the plane provided by a search and rescue partner in British Columbia. Search conditions had improved greatly thanks to the warmer weather, which had made earlier efforts of locating a white plane difficult in snow. 

 Grays Harbor County Sheriffs Office says that they conducted a large-scale evidence  search on the weekend of March 25th.  The search was a coordinated search for evidence in a wooded area near West Fish Hatchery Rd (near Matlock) in Mason County. The search was conducted in reference to Grays Harbor County case 09-9617, the 2009 abduction and murder of Lindsey Baum. Lindsey was abducted on June 26th, 2009 while walking from a friend's house to her home in McCleary. In 2017, Lindsey's partial remains were located in a rural area near Ellensburg, Washington.

This search was conducted reference a tip provided during the extensive investigation into this case. 

The Sheriff's Office was assisted in these efforts by the following agencies: 
Grays Harbor County Emergency Management 
State SAR Planning Unit 
Kitsap County Search and Rescue 
King County Search and Rescue 
Mason County Search and Rescue 
Pierce County Search and Rescue 
Snohomish County Search and Rescue 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation 
The Attorney General's HITS Investigators 

 160 plus professionals and volunteers who made this search happen. The disappearance and murder of Lindsey Baum is still being actively investigated, and anyone with any information is encouraged to contact investigators by calling (360) 964-1799, or emailing your information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Grays Harbor County Sheriffs Office says that earlier this month, 43-year-old Jonathon Delo of Longview, was found guilty by a Grays Harbor County Jury for theft in the first degree. Delo was charged with the theft of a $80,000 John Deere skid steer that was stolen from outside of the Oakville high school in June 2022.

Delo’s accomplice, 38-year-old Joshua Williams of Centralia, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of Theft 2nd degree in October 2022. 

On June 6, 2022 Grays Harbor County deputies were dispatched to the Oakville School after a contractor who was working at the school notified authorities that his companies John Deere skid steer was stolen from the location overnight.

Deputies investigated the incident and were able to locate several pieces of circumstantial evidence at the scene to include tire impressions and shoe impressions left by the suspects. They also interviewed witnesses who described seeing a dark-colored pickup truck parked at the location the night before with two suspicious subjects who were described as being in their mid 40’s.

The Aberdeen Police Department has sent us an update to an alert that we sent out to our subscribers last evening that promoted a large police response due the volatile nature of domestic violence and the possibility of a firearm involved. 

They say that a 51-year-old Aberdeen resident is in custody this morning for Domestic Violence / Assault 2nd degree. 

At about 4:33pm yesterday, Aberdeen Officers were dispatched to a 911 open-line from a residence in South Aberdeen. A female was heard screaming in the background regarding a subject having a gun. 

Officers responded to the residence and upon arrival, they were contacted outside by the victim. The victim, who was the suspect’s ex-wife, reported her ex-husband came to her house and threatened himself and her with a firearm and was currently inside her residence. 

Officers blocked the streets and set up containment around the residence, and called out to the suspect with their PA system to exit the residence. The suspect complied and exited the residence, where he was detained while officers continued their investigation. A small caliber pistol was subsequently located hidden inside a couch cushion by the front door.

The suspect was arrested and transported to the Aberdeen Police Department Jail where he was interviewed by Detectives before being transported to the Grays Harbor County jai

If you are a victim of a domestic violence, please call the Domestic Violence Center of Grays Harbor at (800)-818-2194 / (360) 538-0733 or the National Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.