MADIU Investigating Suspicious Death

Jackson Co. Sheriff's Office


BUTTE FALLS, Ore.  On 011020 at 0747 hours the Jackson County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a deceased person near the roadside on Cobleigh Road about two miles west of Butte Falls Highway.

The deceased has been identified as:
Cody Joseph Baize, 28 years old, of Grants Pass, Oregon. He previously was a resident of Kentucky. 

Further details are not being released at this time as the investigation is an on-going active investigation by the Jackson County Major Assault Death Investigation Unit.


BUTTE FALLS, Ore.  On 011020 at 0747 hours the Jackson County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a deceased person near the roadside on Cobleigh Road about two miles west of Butte Falls Highway.

The deceased is a male adult. The circumstances of the death are being treated as suspicious.

JCSO initiated a Major Assault Death Investigation Unit call out.  MADIU members investigating this case are from JCSO, the Jackson County District Attorney's Office, Ashland PD, Central Point PD, Medford PD and Oregon State Police. Jackson County Search and Rescue and Jackson County Roads Department also assisted  at the scene.

Further information is pending identification of the deceased and notification of next of kin.


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