Human remains found in submerged car belonging to former Oregon mayor who went missing one year ago

Almost exactly a year after the former mayor of Cornelius, Oregon, went missing, authorities say the man's car has been found at the bottom of a river with human remains inside.

The vehicle belonging to 77-year-old Ralph Brown was found Friday by a dive crew 40-feet below the surface of the Willamette River in Newberg, according  to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. The human remains in the car have not yet been identified.

Brown was last seen leaving his Cornelius home in a Blue Nissan Sentra on May 16, 2021. Cellphone records indicated that he drove in circles for four hours within a 30-mile radius from home before he disappeared, KOIN-TV reported.