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CNET editor James Kim found dead

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Dec 6, 20061 min

CNET News.com is reporting the body of missing CNET editor James Kim has been located, according to authorities.

Arrangements are being made to transport Kim to an undisclosed location, according to police. Kim had been missing in the remote southwestern Oregon wilderness for 11 days. The Kim family has asked not to be contacted at this time.

“They have been true champions throughout this whole ordeal,” Josephine County Undersheriff Brian Anderson said of the family at a press conference. “We just want them to know our prayers have been with them from day one.”

Our thoughts at InfoWorld go out to Kim’s family and friends.

mike_barton

Mike Barton started out in online slinging HTML for CNET.com in the late 1990s and began his editorial career at New Media magazine shortly thereafter. In his early days, he was an editor at Ziff-Davis's PC Computing and ZDNet.com before heading Down Under, where he produced and edited the business and technology sections of The Sydney Morning Herald online. After returning to the States in 2006, he has worked for IDG's Infoworld, PCWorld, Computerworld, and CSO Online. He currently edits and produces WIRED.com's Innovation Insights, and is a contributing editor at ITworld.

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