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Fugitive from Indiana dead in southeast Oregon

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police say a fugitive from Indiana died from a gunshot wound to the head following a confrontation with authorities in a sparsely populated area of Oregon.
 
Police declined to identify the man until his relatives have been notified and an autopsy is completed. But FBI spokeswoman Wendy Osborne said a fingerprint comparison was in the works to determine if he is Phillip Ferguson. The stockbroker and financial consultant has been missing for more than a decade after allegedly bilking investors out of $30 million.
 
Oregon State Police spokesman Lt. Gregg Hastings said the fugitive died Wednesday near Burns in the southeastern corner of the state.
 
The 62-year-old Ferguson vanished in 2000 while his Indiana investment business was under a federal investigation. Grant County prosecutors later charged him with 90 counts of security violations.

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