PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER

Official insights from Public Health – Seattle & King County staff

Do you know me? Help identify an unknown man found deceased in Lake Washington

October 9, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

The King County Medical Examiner’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify a man found deceased in Lake Washington, just offshore from the Associated Students of the University of Washington Shell House (ASUW) building on July 4, 2026.

Medical Examiner’s Office identifies a man 35 years after his death in a Seattle Park

February 21, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

After 35 years of wondering, a family finally has answers to what happened to their loved one who had been missing for more than three decades. And the King County Medical Examiner’s Office is finally able to officially identify an unidentified person who died in a Seattle park in 1985. The King County Medical Examiner’s […]