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The King County Medical Examiner’s Office is seeking the public’s help to identify a person who died in King County, and is releasing a sketch of the individual to assist.
The unidentified person was presumed to be homeless and found dead outdoors on January 12, 2019 in the 700 block of 1st Street, Kirkland. The cause of death is hypothermia due to environmental exposure and the manner of death is accident.
The person is described as a female, probable mixed-race, 30-60 years old, 5’5” and 149 pounds. She has an old caesarean section scar. At the time of her death, she was wearing an unnamed medical facility bracelet bearing the name “DOE, JO”, with an admit date of 1/10/19.
Anyone with information regarding this decedent is asked to call the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, Investigations Section, at 206.731.3232, ext. 5.
At any given time, there are about 40,000 unidentified remains in the United States – around 50 in King County. Washington state’s only forensic anthropologist, Dr. Kathy Taylor of the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, investigates these remains with help from law enforcement.
Sketches of additional unidentified individuals in King County are posted on the King County Medical Examiner’s Office unidentified remains web page. If you have information about any of these cases, please call the King County Medical Examiner’s Office at 206-731-3232, ext. 5.
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