Posted on 11/08/2019 12:01:55 PM PST by Gamecock
Actor Charles Levin, 70, died over the summer, and now a new report is shedding light on what happened.
Levin was reported missing by his son Jesse on June 28 after he called a friend to say he was lost somewhere near Cave Junction, Oregon.
Now, DailyMail.com has obtained official reports from the case that reveal that on July 13 Levin’s car was found on a remote road. His body was discovered at the bottom of a 30-foot ravine.
Documents from Grants Pass Department of Public Safety indicate that Levin had been dead for days. His body was naked and wedged between two trees.
The report indicated signs of “animal scavenging likely in the form of turkey vultures.”
Authorities used dental records to identify his body, and his death has been ruled accidental.
Police reportedly had to scale a slope and retrieve his body using a rope-and-pulley system.
The unnamed local who discovered his car and his body told DailyMail.com, “It looked like he was trying to take a back route to Grants Pass [where he lived]. But the road he went down was remote and doesn't have any signs. It's easy to get lost, and GPS doesn't work.”
The source went on to say, “His car was pretty banged up and was off a logging trail. I went up on foot, hiking. I wouldn't have driven up there by myself, no way. I think he might have made a few bad decisions.”
The public safety report stated his Fiat was damaged and trapped in a pile of dirt. His pet pug Boo Boo Bear was found dead inside the vehicle.
Levin was a familiar face on TV, including on "Alice," "The Golden Girls," "NYPD Blue," and "Hill Street Blues." He famously played a mohel in the 1993 “Seinfeld” episode “The Bris.”
Why was he wedged between 2 trees?”
Missing 411 case?
My thoughts exactly.
Yep! That too!
did you really mean to say that? I'm over here laughing my a$$ off! Did you write for Seinfeld?
*** Generally they work for tips. ***
Yuck, is there some religious symbolism related to that particular part of a bris?
I live in this area and I use Gaia too, it’s a great app.
I’ve been mountain biking in roads in the bush around Grants Pass and there’s places I’ve been that I could swear haven’t been visited in years.
Ed
Had an old friend who died in a single car accident a few years ago (went off the road on the Pacific Coastal highway out there).
It was nearly a week before they found what was left of him. Coyotes and buzzards were suspect. We buried bones, the ones that were recovered.
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Looks like his vehicle got stuck, broke down or ran out of gas. Then he tried to walk out, and he tumbled off a bluff or hillside and into a ravine. A really tough set of circumstances, especially for a 70-year-old man. RIP.
Why was he naked?
I didn’t know that but the mohel, the merrier I guess.
Ah, Stinson Beach. Spent many summer days there. Every so often you’d see the broken guardrail and spot the car down on the rocks !
Exactly! That kind of wrapping-round-the-mountain driving always makes me nervous. I grew up in the flatlands of Detroit, Michigan, where there are no such mountains. I think many of those are two lane roads, believe it or not.
RIP Shakey.
Sad way to go.
Well, that was rude and uncalled for.
Not a very nice thing say about my late mother.
That sounds like a mountain lion storing prey for some later dining when it got really rotten.
Wow - dang
Take this as a warning.
Your turkey vulture will eat you if you die.
The "vulture" part should have been a clue.
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