Gone but not forgotten – Indigent Remains Ceremony 2025

May 15, 2025.Reading time 4 minutes.

Photo of gravestone with flowers surrounding it

The King County Medical Examiner’s Office Indigent Remains Program provides burial for King County residents who have died without resources or family to claim their remains for a proper burial. The next ceremony to remember these individuals will take place on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Renton (100 Blaine Ave NE).

Do you know me? Help identify an unknown man found dead in Redmond

May 22, 2024.Reading time 6 minutes.

The King County Medical Examiner’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify a man found dead in Redmond. The Medical Examiner’s Office is releasing a forensic sketch and information related to the case with the goal of bringing answers to this man’s identity.

Do you know me? Help identify two unknown people found dead in King County

May 1, 2023.Reading time 8 minutes.

The King County Medical Examiner’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify two people found dead in two separate cases in King County. The Medical Examiner’s Office is releasing forensic sketches and information related to the two cases with the goal of bringing answers to who these people were.

Gone But Not Forgotten – Indigent Remains Ceremony 2022

August 16, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

Every few years, the King County Medical Examiner’s Office (KCMEO) hosts a unique memorial to ensure that every King County resident is remembered. The KCMEO’s Indigent Remains Program provides burial for King County residents who have died without resources or family to claim their remains for a proper burial.

Medical Examiner’s Report: What we learned from those we lost in 2016

December 19, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

Last year, 14,373 people died in King County. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office (MEO) investigated those deaths that were sudden, unexpected or unnatural – 2,494* in total. But, the count of life lost is more than a number. By tracking and analyzing different manners of death as well as trends in homicides, traffic fatalities, […]

5 steps to a safe sleep environment for infants

August 16, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

The King County Medical Examiner and several Public Health staff, including experts in injury prevention and nursing, recently published an article in the King County Medical Society Bulletin that provides an important overview of sudden and unexpected infant deaths (SIDS/SUIDS). While many factors may contribute to these unfortunate losses, this article stresses the role of […]