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11-18-2007, 11:38 PM
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004022061_webharris19m.html
A body believed to be that of Tony Harris, a former Garfield High School and Washington State University basketball star who disappeared in Brazil recently, was found in that country today, according to the FBI in Seattle.
Brazilian news media reported that Harris had been found dead.
FBI spokeswoman Robbie Burroughs in Seattle said Brazilian law-enforcement officials notified an FBI agent assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Brazil that Harris' body had been found at an outdoor location.
Harris was tentatively identified based on the body's physical description and clothing, Burroughs said. Burroughs said she didn't know where the body was found or the cause of death.
Connie Pace, Harris' mother-in-law, said her husband, Guy, who was in Brazil to search for Harris, was going to the scene Monday to identify the body. Pace said Harris would have turned 37 on Sunday.
Harris left Seattle on Oct. 31 to play basketball for a professional team in Brazil's capital, Brasilia, where he previously played for several years. The former Cougar guard, who led WSU to the NCAA tournament in 1994, had most recently been employed at a juvenile-detention center. He was laid off in February, his wife, Lori, said.
A body believed to be that of Tony Harris, a former Garfield High School and Washington State University basketball star who disappeared in Brazil recently, was found in that country today, according to the FBI in Seattle.
Brazilian news media reported that Harris had been found dead.
FBI spokeswoman Robbie Burroughs in Seattle said Brazilian law-enforcement officials notified an FBI agent assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Brazil that Harris' body had been found at an outdoor location.
Harris was tentatively identified based on the body's physical description and clothing, Burroughs said. Burroughs said she didn't know where the body was found or the cause of death.
Connie Pace, Harris' mother-in-law, said her husband, Guy, who was in Brazil to search for Harris, was going to the scene Monday to identify the body. Pace said Harris would have turned 37 on Sunday.
Harris left Seattle on Oct. 31 to play basketball for a professional team in Brazil's capital, Brasilia, where he previously played for several years. The former Cougar guard, who led WSU to the NCAA tournament in 1994, had most recently been employed at a juvenile-detention center. He was laid off in February, his wife, Lori, said.