Washington State Mysteries

Washington State Fusion Center accidentally releases records on remote mind control As part of a request for records on Antifa and white supremacist groups, WSFC inadvertently bundles in “EM effects on human body.zip” Written by Curtis Waltman Edited by JPat Brown When you send thousands of FOIA requests, you are bound to get some very weird responses from time to time. Recently, we here at MuckRock had one of our most bizarre gets yet - Washington State Fusion Center’s accidental release of records on the effects of remote mind control. As part of my ongoing project looking at fusion centers’ investigations into Antifa and various white supremacist groups, I filed a request with the WSFC. I got back many standard documents in response, including emails, intelligence briefings and bulletins, reposts from other fusion centers - and then there was one file titled “EM effects on human body.zip.” Hmmm. What could that be? What does EM stand for and ...

-- BREAKING NEWS Human remains found by work crew in Snohomish May 10, 2018 (SNOHOMISH, WA.) – The Snohomish County Sheriff’s office says a crew cleaning up roadside litter Wednesday afternoon found what appeared to be human remains near the intersection of Downes Road and Fales Road near State Route 522. “Detectives with the Major Crimes and Collision Investigation Units responded around 3 p.m. and recovered the unidentified remains,” said sheriff’s office Communications Director Shari Ireton. “Gender and age of the person were undetermined. Also recovered was a suitcase and a blanket. Identification of the deceased will be determined by the Snohomish County Medical Examiner, as well as cause and manner of death. There was no mention by the sheriff’s office if any indications of foul play were present at the recovery scene. UPDATE REMAINS FOUND WERE JAMIE HAGGERTY Officials said the remains were found near Downes Road and Fales Road on May 9. Deputies said a crew cleaning up...

FBI reviewing case of Muslim teen found hanging from tree MAR 3, 2017 11:45 AM EST CRIMESIDER BY CRIMESIDER STAFF / CBS NEWS 1aben.jpg Ben Keita GoFundMe.com LAKE STEVENS, Wash. – The FBI is reviewing the death of an 18-year-old Muslim high school student whose body was found hanging from a tree near his home, reports CBS affiliate KIRO. Ben Keita disappeared from his home in Lake Stevens, north of Seattle, on Nov. 26 and his body was founded in a wooded area in January. According to a statement issued Thursday, Lake Stevens Police say that Keita had not gone to work the day before his disappearance and had not gone to school for about three weeks prior. Initially, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner concluded he committed suicide, but after his family pressed, the ME changed the cause of death to undetermined. According to the station, the ME’s report gives two reasons for the change -- a K-9 search of the same area weeks earlier failed to find his body,...

“ Body found in Lake Stevens identified as missing man, 32 - HeraldNet.com January 31 2018 LAKE STEVENS — A body that was found in Lake Stevens on Saturday has been identified as Jason White, a man who had been missing for weeks. White, 32, disappeared on Jan. 3. His mother came home around 6:30 p.m. to find the front door open and her son gone. His body later was found in the woods by a search crew comprised of family, friends and volunteers from the community. Police do not believ... Read More”

AL Body found in river was Machias woman SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF | August 31, 2004 LAKE STEVENS -- A murder victim whose body was found in the Pilchuck River nearly two weeks ago has been officially identified as Kelly Jean Jones Sarsten, 37. Family members earlier this week said they believed Sarsten, who lived alone in Machias and owned her own trucking business, had been killed. Investigators have declined to say how she died, citing an ongoing homicide investigation. The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office has not released any information about suspects or a motive for the murder.

Bodies found on Snohomish County trail BY CASEY MCNERTHNEY, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF | July 19, 2011 Two people were found dead Tuesday morning on the Mountain Loop Highway, and sheriff's deputies are investigating. Campers found the bodies at Red Bridge, about 10 miles east of Granite Falls, but police are not looking any suspects, Snohomish County sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Hover told our news partner, KOMO/4. It was not clear of the relationship between the man and woman found dead. The Red Bridge, 160 feet long, spans the South Fork Stillaguamish River, and croses between Silverton and Verlot. Built in 1954, it's in place of where a railroad bridge had been. The bodies were found miles from where Mary Cooper, 56, and her daughter Susanna Stodden, 27, were killed on a trail in 2006, though police have not linked that case to the remains found Tuesday morning. Cooper and Stodden were shot to death on the Pinnacle Lake Trail in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Fores...

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