Found Deceased AK - Douglas Farnsworth, 32, near Thunder Mountain, Juneau, 29 Sept 2021 *reward*

[JerseyGirl]

With no official confirmation, two recent missing persons cases remain open in Juneau

Douglas Farnsworth’s family reported him missing on Sept. 29.

His sister thinks he might be dead. She flew up from Arizona to try and find her brother’s body.

Farnsworth’s family told Juneau police that he was driving someone else’s truck. That truck was later found by Perseverance Trail. A Coast Guard helicopter searched that area last weekend during a break in the weather, but they did not find anything.

Canine search teams were not able to pick up Farnsworth’s scent in the area. His sister does not think he is in that area either.

On Wednesday, a body was found near the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal. The Alaska Medical Examiner’s Office has not identified the body yet. JPD is not able to comment on whether the body is related to either of the missing persons cases until they get word from the medical examiner.

Farnsworth’s family does not think the body found is his. They are still asking people in Juneau to look out for him.

 

[lizzied]

lord, that is the area where the other missing Alaskan was thought to be, Joseph Clayton..

 

[Unsolved]

lord, that is the area where the other missing Alaskan was thought to be, Joseph Clayton..

Yes identified as Joseph Clayton:

Juneau police confirmed Tuesday that a body found last week was Joseph Clayton, who had been missing since late August.

Juneau police confirm missing Oregon man's body has been found

 

[lizzied]

Yes identified as Joseph Clayton:

Juneau police confirmed Tuesday that a body found last week was Joseph Clayton, who had been missing since late August.

Juneau police confirm missing Oregon man's body has been found

god bless him and his family. thank you for posting this.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Vigil held for Juneau man who has been missing for a month

Farnsworth is a 32-year-old Juneau man whose family reported him missing on Sept. 29. His older sister says she and other family members believe he is dead. They’re offering a $5,000 reward for anyone who helps them find his body.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Juneau police and Doug Farnsworth’s family say his body has been found. It’s not clear yet how he died.

“A hiker was doing their normal hike with their dog, and their dog ran up the hill above Flume, kind of by Gold Creek and that’s where he found the remains of my brother,” said Doug Farnsworth’s sister, Kiersten Farnsworth.

Farnsworth has been missing since early October. A truck he’d been driving was found close to the Perseverance Trail, near downtown Juneau. At first there was a large search and rescue operation that included Alaska State Troopers, the Coast Guard and a local canine group, but they found no trace of him. For the last month, ground searches were largely organized by family and friends.

When the hiker stumbled on the remains on Sunday afternoon, Kiersten Farnsworth said it wasn’t a whole body, but there was enough to identify her brother.

“They did find some bones and his clothes and the gun and a phone. So we can’t really determine how death was, just because most of him is missing,” she said.

She said she got a call from Juneau Police at about 8 p.m. on Sunday night.

“I was really upset last night,” she said. “I’d say the hardest part is calling family member after family member, re-explaining everything.”

She said those calls have been complicated by how quickly the police posted on social media that he’d been found. JPD updated its missing person’s post on Facebook at 8:10 p.m.

“I was really surprised at how quick they jumped the gun to post though because I barely had time to call the family,” she said. “I mean, it took three days to make a post about him missing, but it took them hours to say that they found (him).”
Hiker finds body of Juneau man missing since early October
*im not sure why this got to me…but it did.