Man found dead in Everett died of overdose, medical examiner says

Published 1:59 pm Monday, December 8, 2014

EVERETT — A death investigation is wrapping up for Oin Glenn Oakstar, a man whose body was found near an Everett overpass in October.

Oakstar, 43, had ties to a deadly border-watch group involving Shawna Forde, a former Everett City Council candidate later convicted of two counts of murder in Arizona.

Oakstar had testified in court against Forde, who is now on death row.

He died in Everett this year from an overdose attributed to methamphetamine and morphine, with the morphine likely in the form of heroin, according to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office. Heart disease also may have been a contributing factor in his death, which was ruled an accident.

Oakstar lived most of his life in Arizona, not far from the border with Mexico. Everett police don’t know how or why Oakstar ended up in this part of the country.

His body was found in a tent on railroad property close to the 41st Street overpass near I-5.

Everett police detectives had been waiting for the medical examiner’s report and now are expected to close their case.