In an update to a story WIMS has been following, the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the area of CR 1000 North and Range Road in Galena Township just after 5 am on Monday. When the officer arrived he located a 2016 Harley Davidson and its operator, 46 year old Billy J. Finney laying in a nearby yard, deceased from his injuries. Evidence at the scene showed the motorcycle was traveling east on CR 1000 North when the operator failed to negotiate a curve and left the roadway striking two trees before coming to rest. Mr. Finney was found to have a BAC of .24%.