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Troy man found dead in apparent suicide

| January 10, 2013 9:11 AM

The Western News

   Lincoln County Sheriff’s officers were summoned via a 911 call at 4:02 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, that a hiker while walking Old Highway 2 trail near Shannon Flats had come across an apparent suicide.

   According to a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department press release, deputies arrived to find the body of Dalton Wayne Mossey, 21, of Troy hanging from a rope.

   Detective Duane Rhodes and County Coroner Steve Schnackenberg were the responding officers to the site, which is about four miles southeast of Troy.

   The brief release stated Sheriff’s officers assisted in notifying the family of the death.

   The investigation has concluded, and the manner death has been ruled as a suicide.