UNIDENTIFIED DECEDENTS

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The Coroner's Office works diligently trying to identify decedents that come into our care, as quickly as possible.  We know how important it is to the family to be able to have their loved ones back and hopefully provide answers into what happened. 

What to do if you have a missing loved one:

  • Contact your local LE to file a missing persons report
  • Provide LE with antemortem dental record of your loved one. If a case is created in the data base, they can use these for possible comparisons on unidentified persons
  • Provide a DNA sample. DNA samples can be input into CODIS data base which can run against other DNA samples to see if they can get a match.

Updated on 1/27/2026, Currently the CCCO has 2 cases that are still unidentified. All have been sent out for DNA which we are gradually receiving back.  

We are happy to announce that since 2023, we have been able to identify 6 out of the 8 decedents. Thus, reuniting them with their loved ones, where they are able to finally put them to rest properly. 


Please see the following 2, listed below, for assistance in their identifications. Lets help bring them HOME!!! (Case# 14-165 & #22-286

CURRENT UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS IN COWLITZ COUNTY
TOTAL = 2

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(#1)        1991 Case - Kalama I-5 Semi truck Fire - Jane Doe


  • DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?

  • Jane Doe - Exhumed in 2014 from Mt. Solo Cemetery
  • Decedent was killed in a 1991 Interstate 5 crash, where she was a passenger in a semi truck that caught fire. She has yet to be identified. 
  • A forensic sketch was provided by Forensic Artist, Natalie Murray. DNA has also been obtained with no hits currently. 
  • https://www.koin.com/news/special-reports/the-mystery-of-helen-doe-kalama-crash-1991/
Jane Doe

(#2)       2022 Case# 22-286 - Woodland Ghost Bridge Jane Doe, DOD: 4/02/2022

  • DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?

  • I was walking along the railroad tracks when I was hit by a train. Description: Race: Hispanic/Latino, Weight: 153 lbs. Height: 5' 8" tall, brown eyes, longer black/brown curly hair
  • Clothing: Black tank top/sports bra, grey colored sweatshirt, grey jogging sweatpants, black baseball cap, black RBX tennis shoes
  • NAMUS #UP95707, Fingerprints submitted (no match) DNA returned with no hits currently, Forensic artist sketch performed 4/30/24
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forensic sketch by Steve Missal (1)
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HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED:

SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS

2020 Case
  • Case#20-753 - Port of Longview Skeletal Remains, Found: 2/20/2020 - Identified 6/05/2023, per DNA & Dentals, as Jade D. Feigert (DOB: 12/14/1994) of Clatskanie, OR
2021 Case Identified:
  • Case# 21-320 - Merrill Lake John Doe, Found: 4/26/2021, Identified 8/20/2025, per DNA, as Anthony Matthew Croy (DOB: 12/04/1973) of Oregon. Missing since approximately 1994

2022 Cases

  • Case# 22-424 -Woodland Columbia River John Doe, Found: 06/02/2022, Identified 5/28/2024, per DNA, Dental & tattoos, as Pierre A. Pearson (DOB:03/28/1988) of Georgia
  • Case# 22-512 - Cowlitz River John Doe, Found: 7/11/2022 - Identified 7/20/2023, per DNA & tattoos,  as Bryan M. Heinrich Sr. (DOB: 3/01/1967)
  • Case# 22-541 - Kalama Tide Water Skeletal Remains - Found: 07/23/2022 - Identified 2/2/2024 per DNA & Dentals, as Barry M. Rezansoff (DOB: 3/13/1967)
  • Case# 22-271 - Columbia River Jane Doe, Found: 3/28/2022, Identified 12/13/2025, per DNA. Family has been identified but name is not being released due to circumstances. 

2024 Cases

  • Case# 24-0422 Remains found off Old Pacific Highway South, on May 3rd. Identified 8/20/2024, per DNA, as Miguel A. Lara-Camacho, 21 years old (DOB: 2/10/2002) of Pennsylvania. No other information is available at this time. 
  • Case# 24-0401 - Columbia River-Kalama Marina Jane Doe, Found: 04/28/2024, Possible Caucasian or Hispanic, long black curly hair, approximately 20-50 years. Weight: 154 lbs, Height: App. 5'9"  Tattoos: 1 Lucky cat tattoo on left lateral torso, 1 sun beam tattoo on upper right collarbone. Clothing: Levi jeans, black colored long-sleeve shirt, White colored Nike Air Max tennis shoe. See below tattoos. Please contact the Coroner's Office if you may know this person. Forensic Artist Sketch to come. Identified 4/2/2024 per Dental records and Tattoos, as Olivia Walsh, 22 years old (DOB: 5/23/2001) of Portland Or.