Update: Missing Oberlin man found dead

Stephanie Nutt
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DECATUR COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — A missing man from Oberlin has been found dead.

According to Decatur County Emergency Management, Dale Meitl from Oberlin was last seen at 11 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, at Sappa Park.

Dale Meitl (Courtesy: Decatur County Kansas Emergency Management)
Dale Meitl (Courtesy: Decatur County Kansas Emergency Management)

He was driving a 2005 silver Ford Escape with license plate number 291KDY.

(Courtesy: Decatur County Kansas Emergency Management)
(Courtesy: Decatur County Kansas Emergency Management)

The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office says Meitl’s SUV was found on a dirt road four miles south and one mile east of Oberlin.

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The DCEM, DCSO and the Oberlin Police Department conducted a search for Meitl in the area south of Oberlin. He was found dead not far from his SUV.

An investigation is ongoing.

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