Washington State Mysteries

  The Clark County Sheriff's Office is  asking  for the public's help in solving a 1970s cold case involving a teenager once known as the "Fly Creek Jane Doe." Detectives are hoping the public can provide them with more information about Sandra (Sandy) Renee Morden, who they said disappeared when she was 16 years old. The case began when unidentified remains were found in 1980. The remains were identified as Morden in 2019 through DNA analysis of samples provided by her family members, the sheriff's office said in a statement. Detectives have learned thus far that Morden was born in San Francisco on April 29, 1962 to parents Andrew Bain Morden and Kathryn Irene Morden.  Following a 1971 divorce, Andrew was granted primary custody of his daughter, officials said. But due to Andrew's job responsibilities as a deckhand on tugboats that required him to be away for up to a week at a time, his daughter was often placed in the care of others. She lived with various f...

 From The Everett Herald: Bones are those of missing Granite Falls teenager October 2006 VERLOT — Bones found Tuesday on Mount Pilchuck are those of a Granite Falls man missing for more than a year, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner reported this afternoon. The skeletal remains of Brandon Riley Kempf, 19, were discovered Tuesday by two hikers on the north side of the mountain. Kempf was last seen in August 2005 near Blue Bridge on the Mountain Loop Highway. His clothes were recovered on the bridge, but until last week there was no sign of the Granite Falls teen. The cause of death remains under investigation, according to the medical examiner. The case has been treated in court as a homicide. ADVERTISEMENT 0 seconds of 0 seconds Volume 0%   Prosecutors on Sept. 29 dismissed a second-degree murder charge against a Lake Stevens man who had been charged in connection with Kempf’s death. Aaron J. Hillman, 20, was released from the Snohomish County Jail after spending more than...

Human remains found near Lake Tapps By: KIRO 7 News Staff , Kevin McCarty Updated: Aug 29, 2019 - 9:00 PM Loading... Facebook LAKE TAPPS, Wash. - Deputies with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said they found unidentified human remains at a construction site near Lake Tapps on Wednesday morning. At about 9:15 a.m., deputies said they received a call from a contractor who reported finding the remains in vacant lot on 9th Street East near Evergreen Point. >> See photos of the investigation Content Continues Below Deputies said crews were in the process of clearing a lot where an abandoned mobile home once stood and found a trash or recycling bin, emptied it out and found the remains inside, according to investigators. “We are looking at this as a homicide,” said Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman detective Ed Troyer. Troyer said a preliminary examination indicates the skeleton appears to be that of a female but said that has not been confirmed...

58° Snohomish detectives investigate body found in Monroe POSTED 11:20 AM, JANUARY 27, 2013, BY JOHN WHITE, UPDATED AT 08:34AM, JANUARY 28, 2013 This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Monroe Body Found SundayMONROE — Detectives from the Snohomish Sheriff’s department are investigating the discovery of a body found near a burned-out vehicle in Monroe on Saturday. Police said that a citizen called 911 to report finding the vehicle and body on private property in the 7300 block of Woods Creek Road about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Police have not released information on the identity of the deceased or if there is any connection to the burned-out vehicle. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy

Body of a Whatcom County woman missing since 2016 found near Verlot | Bellingham Herald LOCAL Body of a Whatcom County woman missing since 2016 found near Verlot BY DAVID RASBACH AND  ROBERT MITTENDORF FEBRUARY 09, 2019 05:00 AM, UPDATED FEBRUARY 09, 2019 06:00 AM The remains of Whatcom County woman Vera Izhevskiy, who has been missing more than two years was recovered last week and positively identified Friday, and her death is being investigated as suspicious. The remains of Whatcom County woman The remains of a Whatcom County woman missing more than two years were recovered last week and positively identified Friday. Her death is being investigated as suspicious. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner, in a tweet, identified the remains found Jan. 30 near Verlot as 25-year-old Vera V. Izhevskiy of Maple Falls. The tweet also said the cause and manner of death are still being investigated. “It’s been a really tough thing for her family to deal with and her f...

SEATTLE powered by Wunderground Logo CLOSE NEWS Part 2: Missing-person cases are routinely ignored By LISE OLSEN AND LEWIS KAMB, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERS | February 17, 2003 Jim Lowry, 88, is the oldest inmate in the Washington state correctional system. He is doing time for attempted murder and authorities say he is a suspect in two missing-person cases. He is shown here in the Ahtanum View Correctional Complex, a Department of Corrections assisted-living center in Yakima. Photo: Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photo: Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer IMAGE 1 OF 4 Jim Lowry, 88, is the oldest inmate in the Washington state correctional system. He is doing time for attempted murder and authorities say he is a suspect in two missing-person cases. He is shown here in the ... more The locals knew something was wrong when the Hindmans' red Ford convertible was parked all night long at the Big Y Cafe in Dryden. Police later found blood on...