Body found near Arlington man’s missing car

Published 9:50 pm Tuesday, August 14, 2007

ARLINGTON – An elderly man’s body was found Sunday along with a car belonging to an Arlington man missing since late July.

The car, discovered by bear hunters along a logging road, belongs to Jack Francis Roys, 85, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said. Officials on Monday were awaiting confirmation of the identity of the man who died.

Roys’ 2001 Chevy Impala was found near the body along Main Line Road in a rural part of Arlington, Hover said.

“We don’t know yet how he died, but there’s no sign of foul play,” she said.

It appears the car became stuck in a ditch and the man got out of the car, Hover said. He didn’t have a cell phone to summon help.

Detectives asked an expert tracker to examine the scene. He found no evidence to suggest that anybody else had been near the car, Hover said.

The Snohomish County Medical Examiner will attempt to determine the identity of the remains and how the man died.

Roys relatives called the sheriff’s office three weeks ago to report him missing.

They had last seen him on July 21 and said it was unusual for him to go away for more than a day without telling someone, Hover said.

Roys has never been married and has no children.

His dog, Pup, was left in his yard, relatives said.

The former Boeing employee was spotted an the Smokey Point Safeway on July 25 and then driving on a logging road on July 26, Hover said.

Reporter Jackson Holtz: 425-339-3437 or jholtz@heraldnet.com.