Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Missing Man Found in Apparent Suicide
Mark Allen Craychee was found hanged. Police have deemed his death a suicide. Members of the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team helped in his search.
Adapted from an Arcadia Police Department press release:
Authorities found Arcadia resident Mark Allen Craychee hanged Friday in an apparent suicide.
Family members reported Craychee, 55, missing. He has a history of psychological issues, and they feared he could be suicidal; he had attempted suicide in February.
Shortly after 7 a.m. on Friday, authorities located Craychee’s vehicle parked and unoccupied in a turnout along Santa Anita Canyon Road. Steep embankments lined the roadway both above and below the turnout.
Members of the assisted in the search. At about 9:30 a.m., rescuers recovered Craychee's body; he had hanged himself in a tree about 150 yards from his vehicle.
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The Los Angeles County Coroner arrived on scene to remove the remains and the family was notified.
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