Sam Sangeae Kim
Sam Sangeae Kim. Courtesy San Diego Sheriff’s Department

San Diego County Sheriff‘s deputies called off the search for a 62-year-old San Marcos man Saturday after the body of a man was found.

Sam Sangeae Kim was reported missing by his family around 4 p.m. Friday, according to the sheriff’s department. He was last seen at about 10 a.m. at a senior living center in the 600 block of Woodward Street.

Search and Rescue volunteers and deputies searched for Kim until 2 a.m. and resumed at 5:45 a.m., said sheriff’s Sgt. John Spach.

“Just before 10:30 a.m. a SAR volunteer searching a dirt trail along the 1000 block of North Twin Oaks Valley Road found a body matching the description and clothing of the missing person,” Spach said.

The Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet confirmed the body is Kim’s nor the cause of death, he said.

— City News Service

Chris Jennewein is founder and senior editor of Times of San Diego.