Missing Persons
Boy, 3, missing from Fircrest home; younger sibling hurt
FIRCREST -- Police are searching for a 3-year-old Fircrest boy after his 18-month-old brother was found severely beaten inside an apartment.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
Police seek help locating missing Monroe man
The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding a Monroe-area man who has been missing for more than a week.David B. Savage, 57, left his home around noon May 6 to run errands. His family reported that he did not make it to any of his planned destinations.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Local News
Children at play find body in Spokane
SPOKANE -- Police say children playing in a wooded area found a decomposing body Sunday in a wooded area in Spokane.Police said detectives were processing the scene overnight and into Monday morning.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Northwest
Judge tosses child porn count against Steve Powell
TACOMA -- A judge dismissed a child pornography charge against Steve Powell, the father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell, as his trial began with jury selection Monday.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
Body found in Long Lake may be missing airman
SPOKANE -- Officials are trying to identify a body found in Long Lake and determine whether it's the Fairchild airman who disappeared March 31 when he attempted to canoe in the fast-moving Spokane River.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
Six months since Bellevue boy disappeared
BELLEVUE -- It will be six months on Sunday since 2-year-old Sky Metalwala was reported missing in Bellevue.His father is still hoping someone will come forward with a tip that could bring him home.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Northwest
Missing Everett woman found safe in Florida
EVERETT -- An Everett woman reported missing in early February has been found safe in Florida.Meara Lynn Nichols, 33, contacted family members, Everett police Lt. Robert Goetz said.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Local News
Rescued Alaska man spent 7 nights outdoors with no food
KETCHIKAN, Alaska -- The fly fisherman reported missing on Saturday was found Tuesday in good condition in the Salmon Bay Lake area and returned to Ketchikan on a Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad floatplane.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Judge blocks move to suppress key Powell evidence
TACOMA -- A state judge on Tuesday cleared the way for the voyeurism trial of missing Utah mother Susan Powell's father-in-law, dismissing his request to suppress key evidence in the case.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Police still investigating missing mom case in Clarkston
Lewiston TribuneCLARKSTON -- On a rainy April afternoon, Rachael Anderson left her home in Clarkston and never returned.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Northwest
Police still investigating missing mom case in Clarkston
Lewiston TribuneCLARKSTON -- On a rainy April afternoon, Rachael Anderson left her home in Clarkston and never returned.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Northwest
Foot found on Whidbey beach remains a mystery
COUPEVILLE -- The foot remains anonymous.A human right foot was found washed ashore on Whidbey Island on Aug. 27, 2010.Detectives checked missing person cases and asked the public for tips.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Local News
Utah police likely had enough on Josh Powell, experts say
SEATTLE -- Recently released documents show the evidence against Josh Powell was mounting. The blood in the house. The midnight winter camping trip. A generator, gas can, tarps and shovel in his van.
Date: 04/08/2012 | Northwest
Blood found at Utah home from man's missing wife
TACOMA — Authorities investigating the 2009 disappearance of a Utah woman found her blood in the family home and a hand-written note in which she expressed fear about her husband and her potential demise, according to documents unsealed Friday.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Northwest
Body found in N.D. likely Montana teacher
BILLINGS, Mont. — Authorities said Wednesday they found a body outside Williston, N.D., believed to be that of a missing teacher allegedly snatched from a Sidney, Mont., during a morning run more than two months ago.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Nation & World
Police seek missing Edmonds woman with Alzheimer's
EDMONDS -- Police said Tuesday they are searching for an Edmonds woman with Alzheimer's and dementia who walked away from her home.
Date: 03/20/2012 | Local News
Police seek tips on missing Everett woman
EVERETT -- There is no evidence of foul play in the January disappearance of Everett woman Meara Lynn Nichols.Nichols, 33, was last seen about 6 a.m. Jan. 30 at her home, Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz said Monday.
Date: 03/12/2012 | Local News
Search suspended for 4 missing fishermen off coast
SEATTLE -- The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for four men missing from a fishing trawler off the Washington coast, saying it's unlikely the men are still alive.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Northwest
4 fishermen missing after debris spotted off coast
ASTORIA, Ore. -- Authorities pledged to search throughout the night Saturday for four people who disappeared from a fishing trawler.A distress beacon led U.S. Coast Guard crews to a debris field and an oil sheen several miles off the Washington coast.
Date: 03/10/2012 | Northwest
Josh Powell took pictures of strangers' legs, documents say
SEATTLE -- Washington authorities released the remainder of their files Friday pertaining to a child-custody case involving Josh Powell, including a questionnaire in which he said he didn't consider himself sad or depressed, even as police moved toward arresting him for his wife's...
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
Body recovered off Seattle waterfront
SEATTLE -- A Seattle fire department boat has recovered a body off the downtown waterfront.Spokesman Kyle Moore told KOMO Radio the person was found Monday morning at Pier 57.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Northwest
Diver missing diver off West Seattle presumed dead
SEATTLE -- A diver missing off West Seattle is presumed dead.
Date: 02/19/2012 | Northwest
Josh Powell had 400 cartoon sex and incest images
OLYMPIA -- Three weeks before Josh Powell killed himself and kids in a violent inferno, Utah authorities disclosed to social workers for the first time that his computer once contained some 400 images of cartoon sex and incest.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Northwest
Possible clues, no quick answers in Powell case
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- A hotel worker in Utah said Tuesday she saw Josh Powell and his boys the morning his wife was reported missing in 2009 -- and when the older child asked a question about his mom, they left immediately.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Northwest
Body found at Grand Coulee ID'd as missing woman
GRAND COULEE -- The Grant County coroner confirms that a body uncovered by melting snow in Grand Coulee is that of a woman who disappeared last month.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Northwest
Body found at Grand Coulee may be missing woman
GRAND COULEE -- The Grant County sheriff's office says a body uncovered by melting snow in Grand Coulee may be a woman who disappeared last month.Spokesman Kyle Foreman said the body was found Sunday afternoon by a neighbor near the intersection of Highway 174 and Highway 155.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Northwest
Search resumes at Puyallup recycling center in Powell case
PUYALLUP -- Volunteers from Pierce County Search and Rescue sifted through tons of paper at a recycling center Sunday, hoping to find items that Josh Powell may have dumped before killing himself and his two sons in a house fire last week.
Date: 02/12/2012 | Northwest
2 Alaska boys missing since June found in Washington
KETCHIKAN, Alaska -- Two Prince of Wales Island boys who went missing in June were found Friday in Washington state after stepping off the Alaska-Washington ferry.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Northwest
Family, teachers remember Powell boys in Tacoma
TACOMA -- More than a thousand people mourned the deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell at a public funeral Saturday, nearly a week after the young boys' father killed them and himself in a gas-fueled blaze.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Northwest
Could the state have done more to protect Powell boys?
SEATTLE -- State authorities can expect tough questions about whether more might have been done to protect the children of a missing Utah woman who were killed along with their father when authorities said he blew up his home Sunday.
Date: 02/05/2012 | Northwest
Blast kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 boys
GRAHAM — Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his wife vanished.
Date: 02/05/2012 | Northwest
3 lost for six days in Oregon considered eating dog
GOLD BEACH, Ore. -- Three mushroom pickers lost six nights in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon with no food considered eating their dog, and used the screen on their dead cellphone and the blade of a sheath knife to flash a signal at the helicopter pilot who found them.
Date: 02/05/2012 | Northwest
Mushroom pickers found alive after 6 days
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A couple and their adult son were found injured but alive Saturday in Southern Oregon, six days after they disappeared from their campsite to go mushroom picking.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Northwest
Public’s help sought in finding Everett woman
EVERETT -- Police are asking for the public's help finding an Everett woman who's been missing for most of this week.Meara Lynn Nichols, 33, was last seen about 6 a.m. Monday at her home in the 6800 block of Commercial Avenue, Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz said.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Local News
Family of missing U.S. couple accepts search end
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. -- Family members of a Minnesota couple missing in the Italian cruise ship disaster said Tuesday they accept the decision to end the search.
Date: 01/31/2012 | Nation & World
9 years since 4-year-old Kennewick girl disappeared
KENNEWICK -- On Feb. 4 it will be nine years since 4-year-old Sofia Juarez disappeared in Kennewick.Police believe she was abducted. There was an Amber alert. Officers searched homes, questioned more than a 1,000 people and chased tips from around the country and Mexico.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Northwest
Officers seek ties between convicted killer, teen
SEATTLE -- King County sheriff's detectives are looking for any ties between a convicted killer and a Seattle-area teen who disappeared in 1985.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Northwest
No sign of missing Rainier campers, climbers
SEATTLE. -- Chances of finding four missing climbers and campers alive on Mount Rainier grew more remote Monday as an intensive search turned up no sign of them and another storm approached.
Date: 01/23/2012 | Northwest
Weather blocks search for 4 overdue on Mt. Rainier
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK -- A blizzard is keeping rescuers from continuing to search for four people missing on Washington's Mount Rainier.
Date: 01/20/2012 | Northwest
Elite team searches for 4 missing on Mount Rainier
ASHFORD -- An elite mountain rescue team is on its way up Washington's Mount Rainier, searching for four people missing for days in a nasty storm.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Northwest
Missing Rainier snowshoer burned cash to stay warm
SEATTLE -- A snowshoer who was lost in a blizzard for two days on Washington state's Mount Rainier said he stayed alive by digging out a snow tunnel and burning his paper money for warmth.
Date: 01/17/2012 | Northwest
Brother: Seattle sailor missing at sea before
HONOLULU -- The family of a Seattle sailor said Tuesday they had remained hopeful that he would be found because he had been feared lost at sea in the past.
Date: 01/03/2012 | Northwest
Search for Seattle sailor missing in Hawaii suspended
HONOLULU -- The Coast Guard says it has suspended its search for a 66-year-old sailor from Seattle who left Kauai on Dec. 17 and failed to make it to Oahu the next day as planned.
Date: 12/29/2011 | Northwest
Edmonds woman reported missing found safe
EDMONDS -- An Edmonds woman who was reported missing Monday has been found safe.Nancy "Anna" Brancheau, 67, didn't return from her morning walk, police said. She has Alzheimer's and dementia.
Date: 12/12/2011 | Local News
Disappearance of Granite Falls woman remains a mystery
GRANITE FALLS -- More than six months have passed since Angela Gilbert went missing.Her disappearance remains under investigation, though detectives won't say much about what they've learned.
Date: 12/12/2011 | Local News
Police gather tips in toddler's disappearance
SEATTLE -- Police in Bellevue set up a kind of roadblock for five hours Sunday to talk to people passing the site where a missing toddler was last seen at the same time a week earlier.
Date: 11/13/2011 | Northwest
Search for missing toddler expanded
SEATTLE -- Facing a dearth of leads in the disappearance of a Bellevue toddler, investigators expanded their search efforts to a popular suburban park Saturday, combing through fields and brush as the boy's mother continued to refuse to speak with police.
Date: 11/12/2011 | Northwest
Missing Hoquiam woman found dead of exposure
OCEAN SHORES -- A missing Hoquiam woman has been found dead near Ocean Shores.Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Rick Scott told KOMO Radio it appears Sherry Christy became lost in thick brush while picking mushrooms and died of exposure.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
Lake Stevens man missing since Oct. 8
LAKE STEVENS -- The family of a missing Lake Stevens man is asking for volunteers to help in a search for him.Greg Topham, 49, was last seen Oct. 8. He left his home off of Lundeen Park Way and didn't return.
Date: 10/20/2011 | Local News
Children placed with parents of missing Utah mom
TACOMA -- The children of a Utah woman who's been missing since late 2009 have been placed in the care of her parents.
Date: 09/27/2011 | Nation & World
Desert search for missing Utah mom to continue
SALT LAKE CITY -- Teams are making good progress searching a remote area of the Utah desert for signs of a mother missing since 2009, and the effort will likely continue for several days, police said Wednesday.
Date: 09/21/2011 | Northwest
2 missing hikers found OK near Mount Rainier
GREENWATER -- Two Yakima-area men were found safe Wednesday morning after they spent a night outdoors when they took a wrong turn on a hike near Greenwater, in the Cascade foothills north of Mount Rainier.
Date: 09/21/2011 | Northwest
Police end inspection of Utah desert 'grave'
DELTA, Utah -- Authorities planned to resume searching the rugged Utah desert Sunday as part of a nearly two-year investigation into a missing mother after three days of digging in what had been described as a shallow grave turned up no remains.
Date: 09/17/2011 | Northwest
Search for missing kayaker suspended
SEATTLE -- The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing kayaker near Bainbridge Island.
Date: 09/17/2011 | Northwest
Crews looking for state man who disappeared in Yosemite
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- Search crews are looking for a 69-year-old Washington man who disappeared while on a backpacking trip through Yosemite National Park.Officials say Gene Hall was last seen at the Vogelsang High Sierra Camp by a group of hikers on Tuesday.
Date: 09/03/2011 | Northwest
Police search for Bothell-area man missing since Friday
Snohomish County sheriff's detectives are investigating the disappearance of a 59-year-old Bothell-area man.Jeffrey A. Johnson reportedly left his home early Friday morning to drive to work in Seattle, but never arrived, Snohomish County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
Date: 08/30/2011 | Local News
Man's body found in ditch near Snohomish
SNOHOMISH -- A man's body was found Thursday morning in a ditch along Marsh Road, off Highway 9 near Snohomish.
Date: 08/18/2011 | Local News
Lake Stevens motorcyclist missing since Sunday
LAKE STEVENS -- Police are asking for help finding a missing Lake Stevens man.Edward Joseph Kirgan, 48, was last seen Sunday night leaving Bert's Tavern in Bothell on his 1997 Honda VTX motorcycle.He has hazel eyes, long gray hair and is 5-foot-7 and weighs 230 pounds, officials said.
Date: 08/11/2011 | Local News
Disabled Vancouver, Wash., woman missing
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Clark County sheriff's deputies are trying to locate a missing 22-year-old Vancouver woman they say is endangered by medical issues.She was last seen Wednesday morning with a young man. The sheriff's office says the circumstances of her disappearance are suspicious.
Date: 08/04/2011 | Northwest
Oak Harbor woman, 81, missing since June 21
OAK HARBOR -- Island County investigators are asking for help finding a missing Oak Harbor-area woman.Betty Tews, 81, has been missing since sometime before June 21, Island County sheriff's detective Ed Wallace said. Her disappearance is considered suspicious.
Date: 07/14/2011 | Local News
Body found in lake, believed to be missing Stanwood-area woman
WARM BEACH -- A body recovered at Lake Howard on Friday afternoon is believed to be that of a missing Stanwood-area woman.
Date: 07/08/2011 | Local News
Family continues search for missing Stanwood woman
STANWOOD -- There's still no word on a missing Stanwood-area woman who was last heard from June 30.Shannon Ross, 53, is a mother of three who loves to stay active, said her daughter, Erin Ross, 26.
Date: 07/08/2011 | Local News
In Mexico, U.S. shipmates await word on 7 missing
SAN FELIPE, Mexico -- They are fathers, fiances and experienced fishermen.The seven U.S. tourists still missing two days after their boat capsized off Mexico's coast went to sea as they had for several years on the U.S. Independence Day holiday: They wanted to fish and have a good time.
Date: 07/05/2011 | Nation & World
Family searching for missing Granite Falls woman
GRANITE FALLS -- Angela Gilbert's family just wants her to come home.
Date: 06/14/2011 | Local News
No sign of missing Granite Falls woman
GRANITE FALLS -- There was no sign Thursday of a Granite Falls woman who has been missing since June 2.Angela Marie Gilbert, 41, was last seen walking with a friend on private timber land near the 21400 block of 119th Street NE., just outside city limits.
Date: 06/10/2011 | Local News
Granite Falls woman reported missing after walk with friend in woods
GRANITE FALLS -- Search-and-rescue volunteers and Snohomish County sheriff's detectives spent much of Wednesday searching for a missing Granite Falls woman. The search for Angela Marie Gilbert, 41, was called off Wednesday night, and it was unclear if it would resume today.
Date: 06/08/2011 | Local News
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