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53 °F Forecast | Road Cams Friday, January 28, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Wellness Connection Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley EXTRA Newspaper in Education Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Opportunities Moving to Southern Oregon? MARKETPLACE Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Classifieds Place an ad eSouthernOregon Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar CUSTOMER SERVICE Frequent Questions Advertising Information Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Network Affiliate Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend January 4, 2005 Discovery of skull may solve case New Year’s Eve find could be clue to fate of Happy Camp woman By MARK FREEMAN Mail Tribune Northern California authorities believe a human skull found New Year’s Eve along a remote part of the Klamath River could be that of a Happy Camp woman missing since January 2004 when she apparently crashed into the river during a snowstorm. Siskiyou County sheriff’s detectives and family members hope dental records or DNA comparisons will prove whether the skull is actually the remains of Teri Renee Poe, 49, according to the sheriff’s department. "I have a feeling it’s her," said Arthur Poe, her husband. "I always figured that she was in the river somewhere." Teri Poe was last seen Jan. 27, 2004, when she left home to drive to Bonanza to visit family, deputies said. It was snowing heavily that morning and it was the first time she had driven along Highway 96 between Happy Camp and Yreka, Arthur Poe said. Advertisement The couple had married a month earlier and had recently moved to a ranch about three miles outside of Happy Camp, he said. More than a week after Teri Poe was last seen, tracks discovered near Granite Point southeast of Seiad Valley indicated that a car may have spun out there. Search and Rescue divers found Poe’s 1988 Toyota Camry in about 9 feet of murky Klamath River water on Feb. 7, and no one was inside the submerged vehicle, deputies said. Periodic air and ground searches as well as dive team searches of the Klamath downstream from the accident site failed to find any sign of Poe, deputies said. Arthur Poe had made several searches himself since the accident, but said Monday he always believed his wife had died in the crash. On Friday afternoon, a Seiad Valley man reported finding a skull along the river about five miles downstream of Granite Point, department spokeswoman Susan Gravenkamp said. Detectives told Arthur Poe of the discovery Monday. "I really didn’t know what to say," said Poe, who added that a positive identification would "help" provide him closure. Poe said detectives expect test results to take two to 10 weeks. Reach reporter Mark Freeman at 776-4470, or e-mail [email protected] Mail Tribune Home Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life Opinion - Politics | AP News | Archives | Site Map E Southern Oregon | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions Website Feedback ADVERTISERS A D V E R T I S E R S SPECIAL SECTIONS Auto Finder Job Finder Home Finder Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Tempo Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Moving to Southern Oregon? Volunteer Opportunities Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers