Sgt. reported missing along Oregon coast

Sgt. reported missing along Oregon coast
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Nov 23, 2007 20:50:58 EST

LINCOLN CITY, Ore. — An Army sergeant who was supposed to be in Iraq is missing along the Oregon coast under what authorities say are suspicious circumstances.

Lincoln City police say Julie Ann Stendahl, 32, was to be deployed to Iraq at the end of October.

But they say she hasn’t been seen or heard from in about two weeks, and her black Mazda pickup was abandoned in a public parking lot.

Inside, police say, were state park receipts, the last dated Nov. 3.

An Army spokesman says Stendahl is assigned to 62nd Medical Brigade.

Ronald Stendahl of Portland, who said he is the “unofficial adopted son” of Laurel Stendahl, the soldier’s mother, said Julie Stendahl was adopted by Laurel, who lives in Las Vegas, when she was 10 or 12 years old.


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