Description: During a search of the Forensic Anthropology Department archives, faculty members from the University of Washington discovered a child’s skull fragment inside a cardboard box dated September 9, 1980 bearing a postmark from Bay Center, Washington. The box...
Description On May 6, 2018 the body of a man in his 50’s to 60’s was found floating in Lake Washington off the shore on the south end of Mercer Island, Washington. The deceased wore only black socks. An autopsy conducted by the King County Medical Examiner’s...
Thurston County Sheriff’s Office needs help Identifying Jewish Jane Doe from 1981 New facial reconstruction portrait by renowned forensic artist Olympia, WA – The DNA Doe Project and the Thurston County Sheriff are requesting the public’s help to identify a Jane...
More than a decade after her body was discovered in Thurston County, Washington, Peter Kalama Lane Jane Doe has been identified as Jennifer Elaine Vawter. Vawter was born in 1981 in Oregon, and her last known residence was in Yelm, Washington, just a few miles from...
Description On January 8, 1997 partial human skeletal remains were unearthed while excavating for a new home in Tukwila, Washington. The remains, which consisted of miscellaneous bones, have been identified only as those of an adult of undetermined age and race. Found...
