Port Angeles man missing for 2 weeks found dead by K-9 search team
Dec 30, 2025, 6:59 AM
A Clallam County Sheriff's Office vehicle. (Photo courtesy of the Clallam County Sheriff's Office)
(Photo courtesy of the Clallam County Sheriff's Office)
A man who went missing near Port Angeles nearly two weeks ago was found dead by a Kitsap County K-9 search team.
The man, David Boyd, was last seen on Dec. 20. His family reported him missing after not hearing from him for several days, stating it was “unusual” for him to be out of contact for multiple days.
After Boyd’s vehicle and phone were located at his residence, and police came up empty when searching local hospitals and behavioral health facilities, Boyd’s family became concerned that he may have wandered into a nearby wooded area.
On the morning of Dec. 27, search teams found his body down a steep embankment near a creek bed. Search teams included the Clallam County Search and Rescue Team, a Clallam County Sheriff’s Office drone operator, and K-9 teams from Kitsap County. The K-9 unit that found Boyd’s body was cross-trained for both trailing/ground search and cadaver detection.
“Responders constructed a pulley and rope system to safely extract Mr. Boyd from the bottom of the embankment,” the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office stated.
No foul play is suspected, as of this reporting. The investigation remains ongoing.
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