UPDATE: Benton County Sheriff's Deputies have identified the man found tangled in a fence near Prosser this morning. Family members have requested his name not be released.
Previous Coverage:
PROSSER, Wash. - The Benton County Sheriff's Office is trying to identify a man found tangled up in a wire fence in the Prosser area Thursday morning.
Deputies say passerbys found the incoherent man a little after 11AM at 145101 West North River Road in Benton County.
Deputies say he may have been suffering from exposure and they do not know how long he may have been there.
They say the white man appears to be between 60 and 65 years old, is 5'10", and weighs between 130 and 150 lbs. He has close, trimmed brown hair, with a little gray in it, and a mustache.
The man was wearing dark blue Wrangler jeans with a black leather belt. He was also wearing a red plaid long-sleeve shirt covered by a long-sleeve blue hooded sweatshirt.
He was taken by ambulance to Prosser Memorial Hospital for treatment.
If you have any information, call dispatch at 509-628-0333 and ask for the Patrol Supervisor.
