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SIERRA VISTA — A man missing since Wednesday was found dead in lower Carr Canyon on Friday evening, according to the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office.
Chris Busch, 49, was found in the back of the van he had been last seen in, said Carol Capas, spokeswoman for the Sheriff’s Office. Authorities still were investigating Busch’s death on Friday night.
The van was in lower Carr Canyon, and a person who frequently walked in the area reported it after having seen it in the same place for a couple of days, Capas said.
Busch was reported missing on Wednesday evening after he didn’t show up for the work appointment he had that morning, and he didn’t make an appointment in the afternoon.
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Authorities and family members had been searching for Busch since he went missing — something his sister says is “very out of character.”
“For him to leave his kids ... is not my brother at all,” said Cathy Sams, a Tucsonan who on Friday afternoon was passing out fliers with information about her brother.
Busch has a 13-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son.
Before Busch was found dead on Friday, Sierra Vista police Detective Mertie Stompro said investigators had no reason to suspect foul play, or to believe Busch had any enemies.
Sams said many agencies, including the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs, U.S. Army and local law enforcement agencies were helpful and had been on the lookout for her brother.
According to the family, Busch was last seen wearing a white work shirt with thin black stripes and blue jeans.
Bush was driving a white 2006 Chevy Express van with “Restaurant equipment service and sales” on the side and ladder racks on top when he was last seen dropping off his son for a work commitment at 8:20 a.m. on Wednesday. He was then expected to be en route to Lone Mountain Ranch via Montezuma Pass in the southern portion of the Huachuca Mountains, or possibly Highway 82 or 83 northeast of Sierra Vista, or U.S. Forest Service Road 169.
Instead, he was found in Carr Canyon.
The search for Busch wasn’t the only one that occurred this week.
On Thursday, the Cochise County Search and Rescue Team and Sheriff’s Assist Team and an Arizona Department of Public Safety Ranger helicopter were dispatched after a 59-year-old man reportedly went missing in the area of Interstate 10 and Highway 90 in Benson near Cochise College.
The man’s wife reported at 7:30 p.m. that he had gone for a walk about 2:30 p.m. and was supposed to have been back by 4 p.m., Cochise County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Carol Capas said. She told authorities that she was concerned about his welfare because of certain medical conditions.
Searchers found him nearby at about 10:30 p.m., and the man was OK, Capas said.
HERALD/REVIEW reporter Gentry Braswell can be reached at 515-4680 or by e-mail at gentry.braswell@svherald.com. Managing Editor Keith J. Allen can be reached at 515-4610.
Owen Burt wrote on Oct 9, 2007 4:40 PM: