OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. – A Maple Falls man whom acquaintances say was missing for more than a week has been found dead in a car crash in Okanogan County.
A post saying 24-year-old Michael J. Niegowski hadn’t been seen or heard from since Wednesday, June 26th has been circulating on social media.
The post stated that he left his off-duty fire crew in Winthrop that day and was headed to Bellingham.
The State Patrol says he was reported missing on Friday, June 28th and was then found dead on July 2nd with the wreckage of a 1999 Jeep Cherokee along Highway 20.
The vehicle went off the road to the left and rolled down an embankment.
The day, time and cause of the crash and the time of Michael Niegowski’s death remain under investigation.