John Kevin Wood, left, and Jason Anthony Wood

John Kevin Wood, left, and Jason Anthony Wood

(Hood River County Sheriff's Office)

U.S. Forest Service workers found the bodies of two Kentucky men missing since 2014 while conducting a survey Thursday south of Parkdale, an official said.

John Kevin Wood and his son, Jason Anthony Wood, were found dead of an apparent murder-suicide in the Mt. Hood National Forest, Hood River County Sheriff Matt English said in a news release. The men were last seen in September 2014.

They were 59 and 32, respectively, at that point.

The Oregon State Police opened a missing persons' investigation Sept. 5, 2014, English said. The investigation started after their 2012 Kia Rio sedan was found unattended along Oregon 35 about a half-mile north of the Dog River trailhead.

Searches at the time were unsuccessful.

Their bodies were found off that trail, which is accessed off the east side of Oregon 35, English said.

Investigators wrapped up their on-scene analysis Friday, English said. The case is still under investigation.

-- Jim Ryan

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