YACHATS – The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that a man found dead Monday afternoon on a gated access road to the Amanda Trail and Grotto just south of Yachats died of self-inflicted wounds.
The sheriff’s office said the man was identified as Frank Marunich, 43, of Springfield.
Marunich’s body was found about 1:30 p.m. by an Oregon State Parks employee checking the trail who noticed blood on the trail south of the suspension bridge across Amanda Creek and then spotted the body on the auxiliary road about 50 feet east of U.S. Highway 101.
Sheriff’s deputies and Oregon State Police closed off the entrance to the area from the highway while they investigated before removing the body just before dark Monday.