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Home » Press Release Archives » 11-10-05: Identify human remains

Medical Examiner seeking public’s help with cold cases to identify human remains
Thursday, November 10, 2005

KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON - The King County Medical Examiner’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two, unrelated “cold case” unidentified skeletal remains. Anyone with information on either case is requested to call the King County Medical Examiner’s Office at 206-731-3232, ext. 1.

Artist renditions of both cases are posted on the King County Medical Examiner’s Office webpage at www.metrokc.gov/health/examiner/unidentified

Case #89-1106

This decedent is a white or mixed race female, 5’1” to 5’4” in height, 30 – 50 years old with kinky dark brown/black hair 2 ¼” long. She was wearing maroon thermal underwear with label reading “A. E. Morgan size M 34-36 Longjohns”, and black and white wool socks. A pair of white ankle length tennis shoes with aqua color piping size “ USA 7 ½” and the word “Diadora” on the sole were found near the body. The woman was wearing a “Baylor” yellow metal wrist watch found on the left wrist. A partial upper denture and metal crown on a lower molar are present.                                              

The remains were found by a worker installing a fence on October 3rd, 1989 at the rear of the Honolulu Freight terminal at 2326 Airport Way South in Seattle . The cause of death is a shotgun wound to the trunk, and the manner of death is homicide. The Seattle Police Department is the investigating agency.

Case #93-758

This decedent is a white male, 25-45 years of age. Dental restorations are present.                                

The partial skeletal remains of this man were found on June 30th, 1993 on Weyerhaeuser property in a wooded area 10 miles north of North Bend , Washington . The cause of death is blunt force injury of head, and the case is being investigated as a homicide. The King County Sheriff’s Office is the investigating agency.

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Updated: Thursday, November 10, 2005 at 02:42 PM

All information is general in nature and is not intended to be used as a substitute for appropriate professional advice. For more information please call 206-296-4600 (voice) or TTY Relay: 711. Mailing address: ATTN: Communications Team, Public Health - Seattle & King County, 401 5th Ave., Suite 1300, Seattle, WA 98104 or click here to email us. Because of confidentiality concerns, questions regarding client health issues cannot be responded to by e-mail. Click here for the Notice of Privacy Practices. For more information, contact the Public Health Privacy Office at 206-205-5975.

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