Police Find Husband’s Remains in Death Investigation of Warm Springs Woman

Monday, May 23, 2016

GoLocalPDX News Team

Mark Kevin Johnson, Jr.

Investigators have found the remains of Mark Kevin Johnson, Jr. in Deschutes County after FBI agents and Warm Springs Police Officers were trying to locate Johnson as part of the investigation into the death of his wife, Candelabra Rhoan.

Rhoan was found in her home by Warm Springs officers who were doing a welfare check in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 19.

Finding Johnson, Jr.

At approximately 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, Deschutes County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a vehicle over the cliff in the Deschutes River Canon near Lower Bridge Way. The deputies arrived and determined a single male occupant of the vehicle was deceased. The vehicle was located over 100 feet down the slope below a 50-foot cliff.

Due to the terrain, Deschutes County Search and Rescue were called out to recover the body. For safety reasons, the recovery was delayed until this morning.

On Sunday, May 22, 21 Search and Rescue volunteers and two Special Services deputies assisted investigators with recovering the body of the deceased. The recovery involved a ropes system to raise the body to the top of the canyon.

Deschutes County Sheriff's Detectives continue to investigate the vehicle incident in cooperation with other agencies, including the FBI, Warm Springs Police Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

Johnson, Jr., 33 and Rhoan,30, were both members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.