LAKE PILLSBURY – After authorities spent much of Thursday searching for a man reported to have died in the Hull Mountain area near Lake Pillsbury, a body has been found.

Sheriff Rod Mitchell confirmed that a body was recovered Thursday.

On Wednesday, a Spanish-speaking man had told authorities his son had died in the area that morning and he had been walking all day in order to reach help, according to California Highway Patrol incident logs.

Mitchell didn't specify a cause of death for the individual, but said it doesn't appear suspicious.

“There's no reason reason for us to suspect any foul play related to the death,” Mitchell reported.

While LCSO searched for and located the body Thursday, Mitchell said they later determined the location was just over the Mendocino County line.

Jurisdiction in the case therefore passes to the office of Mendocino County Sheriff Thomas Allman, Mitchell said.

As far as further details in the case, including an identification of the man, Mitchell referred those questions to Allman's office.

Calls to Allman's spokesman, Kevin Broin, were not returned Friday.

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