By Emily Fitzgerald / [email protected]
The Thurston County Sheriff’s Workplace has launched a two-person devoted chilly case and lacking individuals unit, the company introduced final week.
“We’re extraordinarily excited concerning the creation of this unit, which goals to offer closure to family members impacted by these instances and produce ahead justice for the victims,” the sheriff’s workplace stated in a social media put up on June 6.
The unit consists of volunteer Particular Deputy Lindsey, who’s a retired legislation enforcement officer with expertise investigating fraud and chilly instances, and Detective Oplinger, who has been with the sheriff’s workplace for the final 24 years and has seven years of prior detective expertise.
“Detective Oplinger has been acknowledged quite a few instances all through his tenured profession for his distinctive investigative abilities and compassion for victims,” the sheriff’s workplace said in a June 6 social media put up.
The specialty unit is made attainable by the general public security tax not too long ago handed by voters, which can enable the sheriff’s workplace to fill 27 new deputy positions over the subsequent 18 months, in response to the sheriff’s workplace.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the Nationwide Lacking and Unidentified Individuals System (NamUs) had a document of 30 lively lacking individuals instances in Thurston County. The oldest lively case on document dates again to 1963, with the latest case occurring in March 2023.
Moreover, there have been eight units of human stays present in Thurston County between 1981 and 2018 that stay unidentified, in response to NamUs.
Mission Chilly Case, a nonprofit database consisting of unsolved homicides within the U.S., has two unsolved homicide instances on document in Thurston County.
Extra info on lively lacking individuals and unidentified individuals instances, go to https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/.
Extra info on unsolved homicide instances, go to https://database.projectcoldcase.org/.
For extra info or to submit tricks to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Workplace’s chilly case/lacking particular person unit, contact the sheriff’s workplace at 360-786-5500.
Thurston County unsolved lacking/murdered particular person instances
• Stephen Barton, final seen in Rochester on March 9, 2023, on the age of 54.
• Whitney Wilken, final seen in Lacey on Oct. 24, 2019, on the age of 31.
• Susan Lundy, final seen in Olympia on June 30, 2019, on the age of 58.
• Matthew Anfeldt, final seen in Rochester on Feb. 28, 2019, on the age of 20.
• Jennifer Pagel, final seen in Olympia on Dec. 29, 2017, on the age of 28.
• Christine Wagner, final seen in Olympia on Oct. 10, 2016, on the age of 67.
• Gail Doyle, final seen in Olympia on June 2, 2016, on the age of 60.
• Logan Schiendelman, final seen in Tumwater on Could 19, 2016, on the age of 19.
• Danielle Griffith, final seen in Tumwater in August 2014 on the age of 17. In February 2020, a set of stays present in Tumwater on Could 17, 2019, have been recognized as hers.
• Steven Billman, final seen in Rochester on Jan. 10, 2014, on the age of 26.
• Willard Bennett, final seen in Olympia on Nov. 12, 2013, on the age of 73.
• Ryan Mayer, final seen in Olympia on Nov. 10, 2013, on the age of 33.
• Shantina Smiley, final seen in Olympia on March 13, 2010, on the age of 29.
• Nancy Moyer, final seen in Tenino on March 6, 2009, on the age of 36.
• Christopher Waltson, final seen in Olympia on June 29, 2007, on the age of 35.
• Gilbert Gilman, final seen in Hoodsport on June 24, 2006, on the age of 47.
• Karen Bodine, murdered by strangulation on the age of 37. Her physique was discovered on Sargent Highway Southwest in Rochester on Jan. 22, 2007.
• Jared Gigena, final seen in Rainier on Sept. 5, 2002, on the age of 20.
• Jonathan Corey, final seen in Olympia on Feb. 1, 2002, on the age of 20.
• Michelle Dickerman, final seen in Lacey on April 28, 2001, on the age of 41.
• Spencer Jolley, final seen in Lacey on Could 12, 2000, on the age of 25.
• Craig Moilanen, final seen in Olympia on Jan. 6, 1999, on the age of 46.
• Bruce DeVoe, final seen in Tenino on Nov. 4, 1997, on the age of 40.
• James Henson, final seen in Olympia on Feb. 23, 1995, on the age of 56.
• Delight Watson, final seen in Lacey on Could 12, 1993, on the age of 40.
• Consuelo Vannausdle, final seen in Lacey on Could 1, 1993, on the age of 31.
• Allan Hill, final seen in Yelm on Sept. 18, 1987, on the age of 30.
• Karan Brown, final seen in Olympia on Jan. 1, 1980, on the age of 26.
• Russell Ashmun, final seen in Olympia on Sept. 22, 1979, on the age of twenty-two.
• David Boniske, final seen in Olympia on July 23, 1977, on the age of 21.
• Donna Manson, final seen in Olympia on March 12, 1974, on the age of 19.
• Patricia Okay. Garrison, discovered stabbed within the hospital car parking zone on Jan. 5, 1970, in Olympia. She died from her accidents two days later on the age of 17.
• Christopher Bridgeman Jr., final seen on Jan. 1, 1963, on the age of 33.
Unidentified Stays
Eight units of unidentified stays have been present in Thurston County between 1981 and 2018, in response to NamUS. Of these eight, three have been present in Olympia, one was present in rural Thurston County and one — an Asian male estimated to be between 20 and 50 years previous — was present in Yelm.
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