LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities said they have located the body of a Mendocino County man who went missing in April at a crash site in northern Lake County.

Randolph Albert Wilson, 63, of Covelo was identified as the man found dead along with his wrecked vehicle on Thursday morning, according to Lauren Berlinn of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. 

Lt. Commander Dan Fansler of the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said that on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. his officers, along with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and fire personnel, responded to a report of a solo vehicle crash on Hull Mountain Road, approximately two miles east of Simmons Road.  

That location is a short distance away from Lake Pillsbury in the Mendocino National Forest in northern Lake County.

Fansler said the initial crash investigation led to the discovery of a 1990 Pontiac Sunbird sedan down a steep 400 foot embankment.  

He said Wilson, the Pontiac’s suspected driver and solo occupant, was found dead at the scene.

Fansler said investigators believe the crash occurred over a month ago.

A Feather Alert — used to help locate at-risk Indigenous people — was issued for Wilson after it was reported that he was last seen in Ukiah April 17. 

The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said Wilson was reported missing April 21 and had been believed to be driving the white Pontiac Sunbird convertible.

Fansler said the crash is still under investigation. 

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