PORTAGE – The body of a male found early Wednesday on a logging road about 20 miles west of Route 11 in Portage is believed to be that of a 21-year-old Fort Kent man.

Lance Bossie has been the subject of a search since he was reported missing about 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan 27, when he did not show up for his job with TNT Road Co. at a project in the Ashland area.

Bossie was last seen on Market Street in Fort Kent at approximately 6:30 a.m. Jan. 26. He reportedly was heading south in a 2003 Maroon Ford F-350 truck with tan rocker panels.

“We have not yet made a positive identification, but we suspect it’s Lance. His vehicle was there,” Aroostook County Sheriff James Madore said Wednesday evening.

Madore said the incident remained under investigation late Wednesday and that an autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office had been tentatively scheduled for today to determine the cause of death.

Madore said county law enforcement officials were contacted early Wednesday after a grader operator reported finding Bossie’s pickup on a logging road off the Rocky Brook Road west of Portage.

Deputy Sheriff Larry Goff and Sgt. Forrest Dudley of the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department, are leading the investigation, Madore said.

After Bossie was reported missing, county police appealed to the public for help in finding him.

A family member also posted a video earlier this month on YouTube featuring pictures of Bossie with family and friends. The three-minute clip asks anyone with information about his whereabouts to call authorities.

Responses to the video late Wednesday afternoon and evening offered condolences to the Bossie family.