Missing Man Found Dead In Car

Tue., Sept. 12, 2000

A 48-year-old Tensed, Idaho, man who had been missing since Friday was found dead of a heart attack Monday by friends who went looking for him.

John F. Carter was found at the scene of a car accident that happened about 7 p.m. Friday on Tekoa Road, north of Tensed and 5 miles west of U.S. 95, according to the Idaho State Police.

Carter was traveling west on Tekoa Road when he suffered a heart attack, the ISP said. Carter’s 1990 Dodge traveled 1,645 feet into a field and then went into a creek. He died at the scene, the ISP said.

Friends reported Carter missing to the authorities. On Monday, Carter’s friends discovered him around 6:30 a.m. during an air search in a crop-duster.

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