By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The skeletal remains found last week on a hillside along Kresky Avenue in Chehalis have been positively identified, but the name is being withheld until authorities can locate and notify next-of-kin.
Lewis County Coroner Warren McLeod said the female in her mid-50s was living locally, but no missing person report was filed with police by anyone.
Investigators found papers in a bag near her body with her name on them, and found dental records locally to compare with the remains.
Dr. Kathleen Taylor, the forensic anthropologist at the King County Medical Examiner’s Office made the identification using the records, according to McLeod.
Chehalis Police Department detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said earlier this week their investigation of the death was is in somewhat of a holding pattern, waiting for the coroner to tell them who she was.
As of Tuesday, neither office had been in contact with family of the woman.
The human remains were found by a surveyor about a quarter mile east of the 2200 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue on Feb. 23. Sgt. Wilson estimated she had been dead about a year. Her cause of death remains undetermined.
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For background, read “Possible ID could come this week of remains found off Kresky Ave.” from Tuesday March 3, 2015, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Although I am relieved she has been identified and can be laid to a proper rest, I am saddened that no one filed a missing person’s report for her.
That is great news. At least they know who she is. It is so sad that someone could be a skeleton (you know what I mean-no disrespect intended) in the woods and never get an ID