Three more victims of Washington’s mudslide were identified Thursday, including a man who was previously listed as a “John Doe” on the missing list. The official death toll remained at 36 Thursday, with eight other people missing.
The medical examiner’s office said Michael W. Pearson was previously listed as an unidentified “John Doe” who had extensive dental work with gold fillings.
Though crews are making their way and finding bodies, eight people remained on the missing list as of Thursday, April 10. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office asked the public to contact them if they know the whereabouts of anyone on the missing list.
The slide leveled at least 35 houses and 14 other homes and dammed the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River on March 22.
The debris field stretches over one square mile. Some survivors were rescued in the immediate aftermath of the mudslide on that Saturday morning, but hundreds of searchers, including local volunteers scouring the area for family members and friends, and specially trained dogs have found no signs of life since then.
Friday 11 April 2014
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