Missing man, vehicle found in ditch near Dockery

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Missing man, vehicle found in ditch near Dockery

Sat, 10/03/2020 - 17:53
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RAYVILLE – Family and friends gathered around 3 p.m. October 2 to search for a missing man, Austin VanOster, 21, Rayville. On Saturday, his mother, Rhonda Rowlinson, Richmond, announced on Facebook: “He’s been located. Unfortunately, it’s not the outcome we all hoped for.” A passerby on Highway 13, near Dockery, spotted VanOster’s missing truck, Rowlinson told this newspaper. “Heading home, he would have been northbound on 13,” she said. “He went off on the opposite side of the road and drove down into the ditch.” An autopsy will be performed, Rowlinson said. More than a dozen civilians aided law enforcers in searching for VanOster. “I just want to thank everyone – the police departments that have helped, the searchers, the people that shared Facebook posts – just everyone that had anything to do with helping us find him,” Rowlinson said. “I can’t express enough just how much that means, because the hardest part was not knowing where he was.” VanOster disappeared around 10:30 p…

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