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Update at 11:33 a.m.| The Tacoma News Tribune reports that law enforcement has confirmed that the body is that of the University Place man reported missing Wednesday. Original post:| The Associated Press TACOMA — A body has been found at Tacoma in the area where a jogger disappeared. The News Tribune reports the body was found Thursday morning near Highway 16. University Place…

Divers from the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office are recovering a body from the Stillaguamish River between Arlington and Darrington. Late last night, a sheriff’s deputy located the vehicle of a missing person reported to the Marysville Police Department along state Highway 530, the sheriff’s office said. A search of the area by the sheriff’s helicopter and search-and-rescue crews…

Man missing: Issaquah police are reporting that an 84-year-old man with Alzheimer’s  has been missing from his Issaquah home since Saturday evening. Joseph Douret left his home to get some food for dinner and had not returned to his house as of early Sunday morning. Information should be directed to the Issaquah Police on-duty patrol…

The (Centralia) Chronicle The Lewis County Coroner’s Office has identified the skeletal remains found near a wrecked vehicle over a cliff off of U.S. Highway 12 near Packwood on Nov. 6. The remains are of Jerry L. Heilman, 50, Tacoma, who who was reported missing last year to the Tacoma Police Department. The cause of death is…

The Associated Press TACOMA — Pierce County prosecutors have accused a 38-year-old woman of killing a Tacoma man who was reported missing about six weeks ago. Margaret Effelberg was ordered held on $500,000 bail Tuesday. The News Tribune says she pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges in the death of 59-year-old Santiago Cortes. The victim’s…

UPDATE AT 11:36 A.M.: Cornell has been located in the Wallingford area and being reunited with his family, police said. ORIGINAL POST: Seattle police are searching for a man who went missing after he left his Ballard home around 7:30 this morning. Police say he suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.Charles “Chuck” Cornell, 66, is white, about 5-feet-7, 190 pounds, with salt…

UPDATE: 5:30 p.m. | The missing man has been found, the police department tweeted. ORIGINAL POST | Seattle police are searching for a missing 72-year-old man who was last seen around 11 a.m. in the 6500 block of Ravenna Avenue Northeast. The man, who is described as 5-foot-8 with a medium build was wearing…

UPDATE AT 1:25 P.M.: Inks has been located safe in North Bend ORIGINAL POST: The Auburn Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 88-year-old woman. Helen C. Inks was reported missing by her daughter on Tuesday after she took the keys to a white 1995 Jeep Cherokee, Washington license number AHH 4084. Inks…

UPDATE: 6:45 p.m. | The missing Newcastle man, Taji Ali, 78, was found after citizens reported seeing him, per a tweet from King County Sheriff spokeswoman Cindi West. Original Story | King County Sheriff Search and Rescue is asking the public to help find a missing 78-year-old man with dementia who was last seen…

The Associated Press MAPLE VALLEY — A body was found in a missing Renton man’s pickup truck down a Maple Valley ravine. The King County Sheriff’s Office says the 54-year-old man’s girlfriend reported him missing Thursday after he did not return from work the day before. Family members used cellphone GPS to locate his truck about 200 feet…