NewsRadio 560 KPQ has learned the identity of the man who was found dead inside his vehicle along U.S. Highway 97 near Orondo on Wednesday morning.

The eldest of the man's nine children, a 45-year-old woman from Western Washington, reached out to KPQ this morning to confirm his identity as that of 68-year-old Adnan Abou Ammo.

Ammo's daughter says he was a resident of East Wenatchee who was originally from Lebanon and immigrated to the United States in the 1970s. loading...

The man identified as Ammo by his daughter was reportedly seen by several passing motorists inside his vehicle on the shoulder of the highway with the drivers-side door open and one of his feet on the brake pedal at around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

When deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office arrived at the

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