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After responding to a vehicle crash east of Bend Parkway near Hawthorne Avenue last Wednesday evening, Bend police officers discovered a man’s body nearby between the Parkway and rail lines.

According to a press release from the Bend Police Department, police responded to a car accident involving a vehicle running into the BNSF tracks as a result of a medical condition Dec. 27. No injuries were reported in relation to the crash, but while investigating the accident police found the body of 24-year-old Robert Michael McKinney. While an investigation is still underway, police say that the incidents are unrelated and they don’t suspect foul play.

McKinney doesn’t have a permanent address in Bend and police are asking that anyone with information about McKinney’s whereabouts between Dec. 9 and Dec. 27 call Officer Eric Russell at 541-693-6911.

This article appears in Jan 3-10, 2018.

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Police discover body near Bend Parkway

by Keely Damara, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 3, 2018

<h1>Police discover body near Bend Parkway</h1> <p class="byline">by Keely Damara, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 3, 2018</p> <p><p> After responding to a vehicle crash east of Bend Parkway near Hawthorne Avenue last Wednesday evening, Bend police officers discovered a man's body nearby between the Parkway and rail lines. </p> <p> According to a press release from the Bend Police Department, police responded to a car accident involving a vehicle running into the BNSF tracks as a result of a medical condition Dec. 27. No injuries were reported in relation to the crash, but while investigating the accident police found the body of 24-year-old Robert Michael McKinney. While an investigation is still underway, police say that the incidents are unrelated and they don't suspect foul play. </p> <p> McKinney doesn't have a permanent address in Bend and police are asking that anyone with information about McKinney's whereabouts between Dec. 9 and Dec. 27 call Officer Eric Russell at 541-693-6911. </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/police-discover-body-near-bend-parkway-4914244/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=31357&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/police-discover-body-near-bend-parkway-4914244/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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