GOLD BAR — Skeletal remains found by a logger on Nov. 25 in east Snohomish County are those of a missing Ferndale woman.
The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday identified the deceased as Sandy L. Rideout. The cause of her death remains under investigation.
Rideout was last seen April 24, 2006 in Bellingham, according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs. She was 41 when she went missing.
Her remains were found late last month on private timber land east of Gold Bar, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. A logger made the discovery about five miles from U.S. 2 and called authorities.
The sheriff’s office continues to investigation. No other details were immediately available.
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