By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The Onalaska man found dead after he failed to return from a one-day hunting trip south of Randle died from an apparent fall of a significant distance, according to authorities.
David Sherwood, 56, was the subject of a search in the Ryan Lake area that ended on Tuesday; his body was discovered down a steep ravine. He had set out alone the Friday before hunting elk.
Lewis County Coroner Warren McLeod said an autopsy revealed Sherwood died of blunt force trauma, and the pathologist concluded his death was instantaneous, the coroner’s office said today.
Both the coroner and a spokesperson for the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office said they did not know what Sherwood fell onto.
McLeod said Sherwood died on Friday, Nov. 11, the day he went hunting in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
Some 70 family and friends were among those who searched for Sherwood, along with Skamania County authorities and at least one veteran search and rescue member of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
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