2 recent deaths ruled accidental

Published 1:30 am Thursday, May 31, 2018

EVERETT — Two recent deaths in Snohomish County have been ruled accidents involving alcohol or drugs, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Wednesday.

Jason Michael Knox White went missing from his home in early January. A team of volunteer searchers found his body weeks later, in woods less than a mile away. He was 32.

He died of a fatal mix of methamphetamine, diphenhydramine and probable heroin intoxication, as well as hypothermia, according to the medical examiner’s office. Diphenhydramine is a sedative allergy drug sold under the trade name Benadryl.

Brianna Leigh Nyer was found dead outside an apartment complex in Everett at 7:45 a.m. April 15, in the 900 block of 132nd Street SW. She died of hypothermia and acute alcohol intoxication, investigators said. She was 21.