UPDATE 11/3/2009 5:08 PM

NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION

This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters.  Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do.

DECEDENT'S NAME:  Jukka Hellsten          CASE #: C02064-09
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Frazier Park, CA          AGE: 42 Years
TYPE OF CASE: Suspicious Circumstances
DATE OF INCIDENT: Fnd: 11/03/2009          TIME: 0955 Hrs
LOCATION: In a creek near Frazier Mountain Park Road and Monterey Trail
DATE OF DEATH: Fnd: 11/03/2009         TIME: 0955 Hrs
PLACE OF DEATH: Found at above location
INVESTIGATING AGENCY: Kern County Sheriff's Office

Details:
The decedent was located in a creek at the above mentioned location.  An autopsy is scheduled for 11/04/2009 at 0900 hours to determine cause of death.  He was positively identified by fingerprints and his family has been notifed of the death.


Comments: None

DONNY YOUNGBLOOD, Sheriff-Coroner

By: Regina Mancera, Deputy Coroner
Date:  Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Time:  5:01:16 PM
 

Two young men, one aged approximately 15 and the other approximately 19, were walking in Cuddy Creek this morning when they found the body of a man just yards from the Monterey Tr. bridge on the west side.  Deputy Gregory arrived on the scene at 10:00 this morning. 

According to Sergeant Craig Rennie, the body is of a man in his mid to late thirties.  He has not yet been identified.  There is speculation that this could be the body of a man named Jukka Hellsten, who has gone missing since October 24.  

The cause of death is unknown at this point.