TAYLOR COUNTY MURDER INVESTIGATION


THE BODY OF A MISSING TAYLOR COUNTY WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND, AND POLICE SAY SHE WAS A GUNSHOT VICTIM. 39 YEAR OLD JEAN VIKEN, A MOTHER OF 4, DISAPPEARED FROM HER HOME IN THE TOWN OF HOLWAY, SOUTHWEST OF MEDFORD, ON JANUARY 29TH. HER VAN WAS FOUND IN THE CHEQUAMAGAN NATIONAL FOREST IN ASHLAND COUNTY A FEW DAYS LATER. NOW TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS SAY A BODY FOUND BY FISHERMEN IN SAWYER COUNTY ON SATURDAY IS THAT OF THE MISSING WOMAN. CRIME SCENE SPECIALISTS GATHERED EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE AND DURING THE AUTOPSY. VIKEN'S BODY WAS FOUND NORTHEAST OF HAWKINS. THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CONTINUE TO AGGRESSIVELY INVESTIGATE THE MATTER AS A HOMICIDE.


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