Oregon ID's remains as long-missing local mayor
Though his remains washed onto shore in 2006, the coroner's office was not able to identify him until using DNA testing and widening the pool of possible genetic links.
After 20 years, a local Oregon coroner's office identified a set of skeletal remains that washed onto shore as belonging to a former local mayor, who was declared dead in 2006.
"The remains of a man found in Grays Harbor County, Washington have been identified as Edwin Asher, born in 1934," the Grays Harbor coroner's office stated. "In November 2006, the skeletal remains of an unidentified individual were found on a beach in Taholah, an unincorporated village on the Quinault Indian Reservation."
Asher was declared dead in 2006 and presumed to have drowned while crabbing. He previously served as the mayor of Fossil, Ore.
Though his remains washed onto shore in 2006, the coroner's office was not able to identify him until using DNA testing and widening the pool of possible genetic links, the coroner's office stated.
Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.
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