Authorities have not released the cause of death, but say evidence indicates it was a homicide. They found White's 1997 Ford Taurus abandoned and torched on a Forest Service road about 30 miles southeast of Estacada. That was his thing. You have to wonder what goes on in somebody's mind when they do something like this. He also has a brother, Don White Jr., and a sister, Teresa.
Memorial services are pending.
His father, Don White Sr., died less than two months after he disappeared. Identifying the remains helps to bring closure to a painful period for the family, said his mother, a 1962 graduate of Grants Pass High School. It has been so horrifying, the circumstances of what happened. It has continued so long it has just worn us all out. This has been hard for me to deal with.