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  • Coroner uses DNA to identify Yakima woman after 26 years

    Dan Bigelow|Aug 15, 2024

    The Wahkiakum County Coroner’s Office used DNA and genealogy to identify a Jane Doe whose body was discovered on the shore of Puget Island 26 years ago. Ramona Lorene Hughes, a Yakima woman born on July 6, 1956, had not been seen since late 1997 or early 1998. Last year, former Clark County death investigator Nikki Costa joined Wahkiakum County as a volunteer deputy coroner to investigate cases involving unidentified persons. Costa found an affordable lab that could perform whole genome s...

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