02/20/2009

Associated Press

Remains found in the University of Washington's anthropology department archives, as provided by Public Health-Seattle and King County:

_Person No. 1: Skull of a young to middle-aged adult female of mixed African American and Caucasian ancestry. Date sent to UW unknown. The King County sheriff's office has taken a report and is entering the data into the National Crime Information Center database on missing persons and unidentified bodies, though there is no information linking the case to King County. Dental charting will be entered and DNA extraction will be pursued for entry in the National Unidentified and Missing Persons DNA database.

_Person No. 2: Partial skull of a juvenile. The remains may have been found by a resident who mailed the remains to the University of Washington from Bay Center, Wash., postmarked Sept. 9, 1980. Remains will be turned over to the Grays Harbor County sheriff's office for DNA testing to determine whether they are those of Jeffrey Bratcher, who disappeared in 1974 at age 7.

_Person No. 3: Skull without the lower jaw of a young to middle-aged adult white male. Information present with the remains indicates it is a Bellingham police case from 1981. The Bellingham police department has made entry into NCIC and the remains will be turned over to them to pursue DNA extraction.

_Person No. 4: Dental remains of a burn victim. Receipt date unknown. The teeth will be charted for entry into NCIC.

_Person No. 5: Arm and leg bones of an adult. Information associated with the remains indicates they may be from a 1958 case in Michigan. Efforts will be made to contact the appropriate agency in Michigan.

_Person No. 6: Leg and pelvic bones of a young female. Receipt date unknown. The remains will be submitted for DNA extraction.

_Person No. 7: An adult lower jaw with dental restoration; receipt date unknown. Dental charting will be submitted to NCIC and the bone submitted for DNA extraction.

_Person No. 8: Skull without the lower jaw of an adult. Trauma present. Receipt date unknown. Dental charting will be submitted to NCIC and bone submitted for DNA extraction.