The Grand Junction High School Hall of Fame Selection Committee has located Ron Leitch, days after leaders told local news outlets they were running out of time to find the nominee, who graduated in 1958.

Selection Committee Member Ray Coca said he and others on the board were stumped about the former athlete’s whereabouts, but were overwhelmed early this week, as roughly 60 community members reached out with leads on the former football, basketball and track star. Their backgrounds included a handful of social media sleuths, well-connected locals, and genealogists.

The tips eventually pointed to Port Orford, Oregon, where Coca reached out to a local reporter. The journalist replied with Leitch’s obituary — he had died less than two months prior, on Sept. 20.

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