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News brief: Sheriff’s office looking into Winlock area death

Updated

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

The death of a 62-year-old man found in a barn in the Winlock area yesterday is under investigation.

It appears to have been an accident, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said the sheriff’s office found him about 4 p.m.

The barn with cattle in it at the 300 block of Meier Road belongs to the deceased, according to Brown.

Brown said the death does not appear suspicious, nor do they suspect any foul play. The sheriff’s office is waiting for an autopsy to confirm what they think occurred, she said.

Update: Kenneth Crocker, a former mayor of Winlock, apparently died from a heart related situation.

Brown said it initially appeared he may have struck his head while loading up some cattle. Lewis County Coroner Warren McLeod said the cause of death is cardiac dysrhythmia.

Crocker served the city of Winlock for more than a decade, beginning in 1982 with two terms as a council member and then as the elected mayor until the end of 1993, according to City Clerk Tedi Curry.