TULALIP – Detectives believe a Jeep Grand Cherokee struck and killed a Marysville woman early Wednesday, sheriff’s officials said this afternoon.
The evidence collected at the scene points to the vehicle being a 1992 to 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said. The Jeep likely has damage to the front passenger side, she added. Detectives don’t yet know the color.
Investigators emphasized that they are looking for the Grand Cherokee model, as opposed to the smaller Jeep Cherokee.
Sheriff’s detectives have received some telephone tips and are working to contact those callers, Hover said.
The Marysville woman, 58, was discovered about 6:40 a.m. lying in a grassy area between southbound I-5 and 34th Avenue NE. Sheriff’s detectives believe she was struck while walking northbound, with her back to traffic, on 34th Avenue NE near the east shoulder of the road.
Police believe the woman was killed sometime between 4:45 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. on Wednesday. Anyone with information about the death is asked to call the sheriff’s tip line at 425-388-3845.
The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office finished the autopsy of a woman on Thursday. Her name is being withheld until the medical examiner is able to confirm her identity through dental records or fingerprints and the woman’s family has been notified.
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