Edgar Morales, 30, of Prineville was found dead beside his white Ford pickup along Lone Pine Road in rural Jefferson County on April 18, 2021. A sheriff’s deputy located the body after a call reporting a person down near Skull Hollow; investigators determined Morales had been shot. The Tri-County Major Incident Team — involving Jefferson, Crook and Deschutes county agencies plus state police — took over the scene and conducted a thorough search for evidence.

Within a day detectives focused on a Redmond resident, Honorio Huerta-Vasquez, who was arrested and booked into the Jefferson County Jail on charges of criminally negligent homicide and tampering with evidence. Court filings were initially sealed to protect the active investigation. In December 2021 Huerta-Vasquez pleaded guilty in Jefferson County Circuit Court and received three years of supervised probation and 60 days in jail, with credit for time already served.

Does anyone who knew Edgar or who was in the Lone Pine Road area that weekend have information that could add to the record?