By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The Lewis County Coroner’s Office confirmed last night the body of a young man found inside a Honda Accord in the Twin City Town Center parking lot on Friday is the missing 16-year-old boy from Camas.
Cole Burbank
Cole Burbank was reported missing by his parents on April 13; he was last seen at Camas High School about 7:45 am. that day.
While the coroner has not made a conclusion about how he died, it’s not being ruled a suspicious death, according to Camas Police Department Public Information Officer Debrah Riedl.
Riedl said the urgency to find him as quickly as possible that launched a search immediately was because he was considered an endangered youth, based on his state of mind.
It was a friend of the family that located his car on Friday afternoon in the Chehalis shopping center, because they were searching everywhere for the vehicle, Riedl said.
Police determined from store video and witnesses that the car had been there since the same day he went missing, she said today.
Lewis County Chief Deputy Coroner Dawn Harris has indicated the determination of the cause and manner of his death won’t be done until the receipt of the results of toxicology tests.
A Facebook page titled Remembering Cole Burbank states that a memorial service for the teen will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Camas High School.
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For background, read “Police awaiting autopsy for confirmation about body found inside parked Honda Accord” from Monday April 24, 2017, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter