German Arutyunov Douglas Heath If you are missing someone and they havent been reported missing, call 911 and ask to file a missing persons report. Following concerns they were improperly stored and part of homicide investigations, Central Washington University transferred the remains of 13 people whose bones were stored in its anthropology . NOTICE: All emails, and attachments, sent to and from Snohomish County are public records and may be subject to disclosure pursuant to the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56). Currently there are over 40,000 unidentified decedents in the United States . The determination of what are appropriate local cemeteries to be notified is at the discretion of the department. Hua, Charlie. Michael F. Robinson Gary A. Hill Noel Madrigal Eligibility for this program is made after a next-of-kin search, notification and a thorough review of personal finances. Doo Y. Lim LENK, Victor Colin Cooper Mccartin, Catherine Richard Holmes Theresa Jay William L. Ingraham Claude Mcintosh ASKEW, Dougias Matson, Sally (3) The county coroner, medical examiner, or prosecuting attorney having jurisdiction may release information contained in a report of death, as defined in chapter, A dental identification system is established in the identification section of the Washington state patrol. FULLER, Ronald John Hardt 17-0668 Samuel C. Dreadin, died at age 52 on 03/22/17 of suicide by jumping from bridge in Tacoma. Kathleen Johnston Dorothy Smith (5) Nothing in this section constitutes, advocates, or otherwise grants, confers, or implies federal or state recognition of those tribes that are not federally recognized pursuant to 25 C.F.R. Following the Washington Capitals' first NHL Trade Deadline as sellers since 2007, their hope remains that this season is a one-year setback in their bid to win the Stanley Cup again . PATTERSON, Roy Case files for Doe Network unidentified persons, deceased and living, located in the United States, organized by state. Fetal deaths: Chapter 70.58A RCW. Tacoma. More Info (clothing, tattoos, scars, etc.). (2) Violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor. Lynn Jackson The family member or representative may not conduct any practices or ceremonies until the county coroner and the lead investigator provide their authorization. Mary E Miller BAL, Jacqueline Kelly James The legislature recognizes that participating in this centralized and nationally based system is to the advantage of the citizens of the state, and intends to establish a system of consistent statewide participation in order to achieve its full benefit." The remains include a stillborn infant, a person whose body was found in a wooden box in the parking lot of a grocery store, and an unidentified man found in the Puyallup River last winter. Cut-off blue jeans, white, blue, pink, and green striped tank top, blue and white Mr. Hisako M. Pias 4. But the nature of the evidence meant the remains did not meet the criteria for testing through either agency. Rebekah Goldstein A county coroner or county medical examiner or persons acting in that capacity shall be immune from civil liability for determining the cause and manner of death. On April 10, 2007, the skeletal remains of a young/middle aged white man were found in a makeshift campsite near Sultan, Washington. She remains unclaimed by her family. Baby Boy Pugsley Please call for more information(425) 438-6200. Antemortem (well-healed) depression fracture on the frontal bone. George Bruce Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Morris Glickman Frederic R. Snider Comparison of State Laws Relating to Reporting Missing . Charles Ojuri English, Robert Case #: 96-07901-MU Contact: Orange County Coroner Division: (714) 647-7000 Prepared by the California Department of Justice, Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit, (916) 210-3119 [10], On June 27, 2007, the partial skeletal remains of a young to middle aged man were found in the Spokane River, east of the Washington Street Bridge in Spokane, Washington. She remains unclaimed by her family. MCNERNEY, Richard Clifford Solomon, Jr. Driver Jr., Leo James Noren SALVADALENA, Debra (1) A person authorized to dispose of human remains may not perform or cause to be performed final disposition of more than one human remains at a time unless written permission, after full and adequate disclosure regarding the manner of disposition, has been received from the person or persons under RCW. David B. Rieger They have been created to generate leads in the investigation and to enhance the possibility of successfully identifying any of these individuals. HAGE, Mark 17-0570 Male Unidentified, died at an unknown age on approximately 02/01/17. Mary Davis (1) The cost of autopsy shall be borne by the county in which the autopsy is performed, except when requested by the department of labor and industries, in which case, the department shall bear the cost of such autopsy. COX, Valerie Near Great Northern Railroad tracks in Goldbar, Wa. Richard Johnson Robert Kilby HEATH, Terry Robert B. Harting Juan A. Sontay Roberto Cavaliere STROEDER, Randolph Filipietz, John D. Older or juvenile cases may have been inadvertently removed from the database. The remains include a stillborn infant, a person whose body was found in a wooden box in the parking. 17-1610 Jean McDonald, died at age 55 on 08/09/17 of natural causes while hospitalized in Gig Harbor. If you know someone who has gone missing, report them. The pipes, which carried water heated by boiler exhaust, were 240 degrees Fahrenheit. James Johnson WILLIAMS, Julius . Recent Updates; Archive; Case Files. 17-0870 Lee C. Yeck, died at age 70 on 04/22/17 of natural causes in a skilled nursing facility in Tacoma. John Cress Peter G. Corey Ian Rogers GRIFFITHS, John Two long-lost letters that the U.S. Navy sent to the distraught mother of a sailor killed on Dec. 7, 1941 a man who remained unidentified for nearly 75 years were returned to a Washington . Cieslik, Stanislaw (2) If contact is successfully made, the county coroner shall afford an opportunity for a family member or a representative from any affected tribes, tribal organizations, or communities to visit the remains for the purpose of conducting any spiritual practices or ceremonies to honor or recognize the indigenous person's passing. PINKSTON, Bryan Malcolm Sires Walter Eden He had black hair, and his eye color was unable to be ascertained. Diane Doelker Edward Crable, THOMAS JR., James Peter Buell If you have previously filed a missing persons report and they are still missing, call the Snohomish County Sheriffs Office at (425) 388-3393 (then press 0) with the persons full name and date of birth and ask to check that they are still entered as a missing person. Baby Girl VILLA-CEJA Thomas A. Howard George Brown Iverson, Debra The files of the dental identification system shall, upon request, be made available to law enforcement agencies attempting to locate missing persons. Dawna Marie Miller Gerald Sauve GROGAN, J.T. Osca Madrid Alvin Banks Tag: unidentified remains Medical Examiner's Office identifies a man 35 years after his death in a Seattle Park. Autopsy or postmortem may be performed in any case where authorization has been given by a member of one of the following classes of persons in the following order of priority: (1) The surviving spouse or state registered domestic partner; (2) Any child of the decedent who is eighteen years of age or older; (4) Any adult brother or sister of the decedent; (5) A person who was guardian of the decedent at the time of death; (6) Any other person or agency authorized or under an obligation to dispose of the remains of the decedent. James Hawkins Linda S. Huskey Franciscus Dekker Items of note found at the scene were a shoelace and a crude cross made out of sticks. (1) Any person, not authorized or directed by the coroner or medical examiner or their deputies, who removes the body of a deceased person not claimed by a relative or friend, or moves, disturbs, molests, or interferes with the human remains coming within the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner as set forth in RCW, (2) In evaluating whether it is necessary to retain jurisdiction and custody of human remains under RCW, (3) For purposes of this section and unless the context clearly requires otherwise, "human remains" has the same meaning as defined in RCW. Currently there are over 40,000 unidentified decedents in the United States. Richard G. Elsbree Richard Brown If you check with the Sheriff's Office and they tell you that the person you are missing is not in the system, ask that they take a new missing person report. MENKE, Steven Harvey Ross Sandra Wesley Jerry Strand PARSONS, Wayne VIDENOV, Donco WILSON, Michael The file shall contain the information referred to in this section and such other information as the Washington state patrol finds relevant to assist in the location of a missing person. Certificate and bond before receiving bodies. In an ongoing effort to locate families for unclaimed individuals, the Snohomish County Medical Examiners Office enters unclaimed individuals intoa National database. Dailey, Edward Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office Skeletal remains found in blackberry bushes at a dock in Washington in 2020 were just identified as a man missing for several years, authorities said. Hair color and eye color could not be ascertained. He was also found to have had Coronary Artery Disease. If you have any information that can help solve these cases, call Tacoma Police or the Washington State Patrol's Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit at 1-800-543-5678 or email them at MUPU@WSP . Kuefler, Roger Bryan Hawks Unlawful disturbance, removal, or sale of human remains, Human remains that have not been disposed. Rebekkah Miller-Williams Additional remains were discovered near High Bridge Road in Monroe on March 27, 1991. Grace V. Miller A Minnesota man had been in Washington state for a "short time" when he went missing in 1977. . Laszlo Nagy 17-0971 William Anthony Baker, died at age 54 on 05/05/17 of natural causes while hospitalized in Tacoma. 17-1402 William Henry Tyler, died at age 66 on 07/10/17 of accidental overdose near railroad tracks in Tacoma. Mary Workman He was estimated to be between 25 and 35 years old, was 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighed 160 pounds. PENTELTON, Henry The Snohomish County Medical Examiners Office is seeking assistance in identifying the unidentified remains listed below. At the close of 2019, the national missing and unidentified persons system databases included nearly seventeen thousand published outstanding missing persons cases, and over thirteen thousand published unidentified persons cases. Chester Godwin 16-2157 Steven Leo Owens, died at age 62 on 11/28/16 of natural causes while in a skilled nursing facility in Tacoma. Page 1 GAO-16-515 Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains 441 G St. N.W. Washington State Website (access.wa.gov) Kitsap County Website (www.kitsapgov.com) . In addition, over nineteen thousand missing persons cases and over four thousand unidentified persons cases that were included in the national missing and unidentified persons system have been resolved. KAPHAEM, William John Currie Description. Jean Blanchard Call 911 to report someone missing. Gordon New William Tillery [5], On September 20, 1987, a worker at Georgia-Pacific West Inc. found the charred skeleton of a young male atop pipes near the bottom of a large chimney. Gibson, William YORO, Malcolm Jose Desantiago-Carillo HOWELL, Haruyo She had committed suicide by consuming cyanide. Other items found included a red flannel-lined sleeping bag, wire-rim aviator-style glasses with plastic lenses, and various other toiletries. On October 19, 1981, the sparse skeletal remains of a young white woman were found in a dumping site in a wooded area of Olympia, Washington. Cain, Richard Ruanda Morrison Pamela Dawson DYE, Kevin Ben Klausner Garrison Waters Luciano Placido Palmer, Lillian MCCARTHY, Thomas Grady Forest 17-1687 Patrick A. Lee, died at age 60 on 08/27/17 of natural causes while hospitalized in Tacoma. Pierre Nove Richard Wayne Fox John Brooks NOTICE: All emails, and attachments, sent to and from Snohomish County are public records and may be subject to disclosure pursuant to the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56). Susan Layne-Ault FANNING JR, James More Information If you have any information about any of the unidentified individuals listed here please contact the Investigator involved at 509-477-2296 or use our Contact Us Form. Investigators believe that he may have been a student at a local school, due to having multiple pencils on his persons as well as a book for contemporary mathematics skills. Here are the names and descriptions of the deceased: If you wish to claim remains, contact Amber Larkins at amber.larkins@piercecountywa.gov or (253) 798-2894 by Aug. 24. KOPANIASZ, Kenneth Human remains may be removed from a plot in a cemetery with the consent of the cemetery authority and the written consent of one of the following in the order named: (1) The surviving spouse or state registered domestic partner. WA Washington State - Unidentified Persons & Cold Cases. Michael H. Ghebre Pamela Jackson Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding to enable eligible entities to improve the reporting, transportation, processing, and identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains, including migrants. Ann Kunhart [1], Othram Inc. was asked to assist with the man's identification in January 2021. 600,000 Individuals go missing every year 4,400 Unidentified bodies are recovered each year The Nation's Silent Mass Disaster It appeared that the decedent was camping in the woods at that location. Roberto B. Figueroa Marc Eric Haney Carla J. Suriano Baby Boy GANZORIG She was estimated to be between 20 and 30 years old. MOORE, Larry [1975-'76 2nd ex.s. Steven Sadowski Donald Curry (i) Up to forty percent of the cost of contracting for the services of a pathologist to perform an autopsy; (ii) Up to 30 percent of the salary of pathologists who are primarily engaged in performing autopsies and are (A) county coroners or county medical examiners, or (B) employees of a county coroner or county medical examiner; and, (iii) One hundred percent of the cost of autopsies conducted under RCW, (b) When the county bears the cost of an autopsy of a child under the age of three whose death was sudden and unexplained, the county shall be reimbursed for the expenses of the autopsy when the death scene investigation and the autopsy have been conducted under RCW. Frederick B. Bridgette Debbie Savage VARHLEY, Maryelva Dimitrinka Stoeva 16-2083 Norman Walter Hartnell, died at age 63 on 11/17/16 of natural causes while in a mental health facility in Tacoma. Anderson Taylor, Jr. Jane Short Scott E. Friedman The national missing and unidentified persons system also has the ability to compile potentially identifiable information and available biometric data, such as DNA, including family reference samples, dental records, and fingerprints. If you have any information regarding any of the unidentified individuals listed here please contact our office at 425-438-6200 or by email. Paul Goldsmith Andrew D. Kidd LEYDA, Robert City of Death. John Smith, II Procedures for investigating missing persons, Identification of body or human remains by dental examination. James Hunter Overall, her cranium and three other bone fragments were recovered. Ronald E. Gusewelle (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, when the county bears the cost of an autopsy, it shall be reimbursed from the death investigations account, established by RCW. Saul Martinez-Hernandez CASSIN, Yvonne Randolph Vaught Contents 1 "Stilly Doe" 2 Reservation Road Jane Doe 3 "Bus Stop Man" 4 "Bicycle Man" Joy A. Travis Lee Rollins Lynda Earls Hall, William BARNES, Ronald GILLIS, Sterling WATKINS, Robert Drewniak, Everett SOLOMON, Tekea Date of Death. 17-1552 Matthew J. Hoey, died at age 74 on 08/03/17 of natural causes while hospitalized in Tacoma. Illyeanna M. Latorres Coroners to submit blood samples to state toxicologist, County commissioners to dispose of remains of indigents: RCW. Byron Warren Donna Price Jean Bissell The person in charge of any premises on which final dispositions are made must keep a record of all human remains on the premises under his or her charge, in each case stating the name of each deceased person, date of final disposition, and name and address of the funeral establishment. Matthew M. Dome Diaz, Andy J HARRIS, Renardo KASPERSKI, Michael BOOKSTEIN, Sydney SEVERTSON, David William Herrmann, II WELSH, Brian Julian Miller The remains of a young girl have been discovered along the H.B. Gary Burns Here I am". Costas J. Rakas John E. Jennings It shall compare such dental examination records with dental records filed with it and shall determine which scoring probabilities are the highest for the purposes of identification. 17-0723 Adriana Carmen Forbes, died at age 77 on 03/30/17 of natural causes while hospitalized in Lakewood. Olivet Cemetery, 100 Blaine Avenue NE, in Renton. SNYDER, Terry William Hunt GOODMAN, Ronald The missing person's dentist or dentists shall provide diagnostic quality copies of the missing person's dental records or original dental records to the sheriff, chief of police, county coroner or county medical examiner, or other law enforcement authority, when presented with the written consent from the missing person's family or next of kin or with a statement from the sheriff, chief of police, county coroner or county medical examiner, or other law enforcement authority that the missing person's family or next of kin could not be located in the exercise of due diligence or that the missing person's family or next of kin refuse to consent to the release of the missing person's dental records and there is reason to believe that the missing person's family or next of kin may have been involved in the missing person's disappearance. Black Male, about 5'9" tall, he was wearing a tan banana republic pants, wool socks, a "Rodda Paints" black turtleneck t-shirt and a tan plaid flannel Eddie Bauer long sleeve shirt. MARTIN, Mark Holmes, Diana However, such autopsy or postmortem must be performed within five days, unless the coroner obtains an order from the superior court extending such time. there are about 40,000 unidentified remains in the United States - around 50 in King County. Jay Matthew Walter E. Olsen Brian Cush Chelgren, Teresa J. (b) Upon certification of eligible veteran or dependent of a veteran status under (a) of this subsection, the person, firm, corporation, or association in possession of the veteran's or veteran's dependent's remains shall transfer the custody and control of the remains to the department of veterans affairs. NEWHALL, Richard Myron Langston The files of the dental identification system shall, upon request, be made available to law enforcement agencies attempting to locate missing persons. Richard Werremeyer OLNEY, Brandon Monty Banks Peter McDivitt PATTERSON, Victor If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected. PIECHURA, Edward Thomas Cole COMBS, Mark The National Institute of Justice estimates that there are 40,000 unidentified remains in the United States and that there are as many as 100,000 active missing person's cases at any given time (National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, 2011). She remains unclaimed by her family. HILL, Barbara (2) The surviving children of the decedent. The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office. Sammy Doyle, Dawn Tyner Dental records shall be submitted as soon as possible to the Washington state patrol missing and unidentified persons unit. James Cronn William Bailes Disposition of human remains following cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction may also occur on private property, with the consent of the property owner; and on public or government lands or waters with the approval of the government agency that has either jurisdiction or control, or both, of the lands or waters. Charles McDonald DONOVAN, Lori Ann That person is personally liable for all damage occasioned by or resulting from breach of such warranty. The UnClaimed Persons database contains information about deceased persons who have been identified by name, but for whom no next of kin or family member has been identified or located to claim the body for burial or other disposition. LAICHE, Marie Richard Boitano FERGUSON, Wayne Sec. Henness, Douglas . If you have any information regarding any of the unidentified individuals listed here please contact our office at (425) 438-6200 or by email. Baby Girl Pugsley He had brown hair, a wavy brown beard and reddish-brown mustache. Duane Butterfield George Storm [2]. Jerry S. Threlkeld Judy Mccormick Gordon, Ernest Jack Pesterkoff Dodd, Kristina It shall then submit such information to the county coroner or county medical examiner who prepared and forwarded the dental examination records. C. Joann Daubert This process normally takes approximately 90 days. (6) The liability for the reasonable cost of preparation, care, and disposition devolves jointly and severally upon all kin of the decedent in the same degree of kindred, in the order listed in subsection (3) of this section, and upon the estate of the decedent. He remains unclaimed by his family. Dale Todd For the purposes of this section, the term "family" means the surviving spouse, state registered domestic partner, or any child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, or sister of the decedent, or any person who was guardian of the decedent at the time of death. ViCAP Unidentified Persons The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) maintains the largest investigative repository of major violent crime cases in the U.S. Donald Anderson He had committed suicide by gunshot, with the gun being found in his hand. Karl R. Cherico The office usually relies on the Washington State Patrol and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System for forensic analysis, Sgt. (4) Nothing in this section may be construed to contradict the sovereignty or rights of any federally recognized Indian tribe whose traditional lands and territories included parts of Washington. No family was found for him. The public is invited to the ceremony, which will include burial rites, prayers from clergy, a memorial plaque and memories shared by friends. Carl E. Schwamberger Updated: 4:50 PM PST February 26, 2022 SEATTLE Newly-released records show that authorities have been unable to identify three body parts found in the Arizona desert in December of 2020, in a. REZNY, Antonin Kathy Harris HANSELL, Ruby Most commonly, NamUs is used by law enforcement, families and friends of missing persons, and medical examiners and coroners. Marlene Dolezal Bette Hayes PENDELL, Willice When a person reported missing has not been found within thirty days of the report, or at any time the investigating agency suspects criminal activity to be the basis of the victim being missing, the sheriff, chief of police, county coroner or county medical examiner, or other law enforcement authority initiating and conducting the investigation for the missing person shall: (1) File a missing person's report with the Washington state patrol missing and unidentified persons unit; (2) initiate the collection of DNA samples from the known missing person and their family members for nuclear and mitochondrial DNA testing along with the necessary consent forms; (3) ask the missing person's family or next of kin to give written consent to contact the dentist or dentists of the missing person and request the person's dental records; and (4) enter the case into the national crime information center system through the Washington state patrol electronic database. WOODMAN, Donald Bianca Culley Castaneda, Alberto R. BARTNESS, Theodore Nathan See Lisa Puhlman No family was found for her. Gary Steiner Janet Macri .Joe R. Quintana, Jr. Jeffrey D. May HENDERSON, Chester Nhung Kim (2)(a) The department of veterans affairs may certify that the deceased person to whom subsection (1) of this section applies was a veteran or the dependent of a veteran eligible for interment at a federal or state veterans' cemetery. 15-1358 Lillie Kaufman, died at age 74 on 08/22/15 of natural causes while on hospice in University Place. Please click on. Skeletal remains of an unidentified woman, believed to be Native or . James Grandy The legislature further finds that more can be done to reduce the number of missing and unidentified Washingtonians through the utilization of national resources. Joann Avery SELLERS, Denise Cases entered into these databases are verified with local authorities and are automatically searched against one another. Paul Jordan 16-2082 Gerald Robert Coates, died at age 58 on 11/17/16 of natural causes at home in Graham. (3) For the purposes of this section, "affected tribes" has the same meaning as in RCW. Mccredy, Patricia Carl Taylor William Marshall KO, Sue SLAUGHTER, Paris Three sets of human remains still unidentified in Seattle 'body broker' case Walter Mitchell is charged with abandoning at least 6 bodies from Washington in a desert, but records show other . If you have reported someone missing over 5 years ago and they are still missing, call the Snohomish County Sheriffs Office (425) 388-3393 (then press 0) with the persons full name and date of birth to check that they are still entered as a missing person; older cases may have been inadvertently removed from the database. CRONKHITE-BAILEY, Judy 5:56 PM. 1315UFDC Asian 40-60 yrs Feb. 21, 2008; 1317UFDC Black Infant Jan. 16, 2012; BENNER, Jerry Gregory F. Sudderth (1) A person has the right to control the disposition of his or her own remains without the predeath or postdeath consent of another person. Frosst, Monika Call 911 to report someone missing. The national missing and unidentified persons system also has the ability to compile potentially identifiable information and available biometric data, such as DNA, including family reference samples, dental records, and fingerprints. Almost three-quarters of unidentified persons were reported by 5 states; Arizona, California, Florida, New York, and Texas. The database is searchable by the public using a missing persons name and year of birth. Gary Savage The legislature recognizes that participating in this centralized and nationally based system is to the advantage of the citizens of the state, and intends to establish a system of consistent statewide participation in order to achieve its full benefit." SYHORATH, Kikeo Leonard Yule, Allery, Toni Jean Wesley Gissentanner Investigators were puzzled as to how the man got into the chimney, as he would have had to make his way to the roof through the building, past multiple flights of stairs and a metal door that took police two hours to pry open. Hairstyle and color and eye color are guesses. Kenneth Green MOORE, Russ Kathleen Mcardle NELSON, Frederick It is our hope that the use of the Internet will greatly expand our reach and assist in finding relatives or friends of these persons. James Linehan Chester Colby Richard Murphy Johnny Wesley Pepe, Alfredo Saing Thaopaset BAGBY, Joseph Christopher Aigbokhan Any physical characteristics were impossible to determine. MCCORMICK, Dawayne He or she must also give a bond with two sureties, that each body so by him or her received will be used only for the promotion of anatomical science, and that it will be used for such purpose in this state only, and so as in no event to outrage the public feeling. Gordon Gibson Smiths husband had found her car parked near the Elwha River Bridge, west of Port Angeles after her disappearance.