SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND 2006: IDENTIFIED 2026: THE STORY OF THE MISSING MAYOR!
Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
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, in Grays Harbor County, Washington. he Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office and the Grays Harbor County Coroner's Office responded and began collecting evidence and investigating. The Skeletal Remains: Adult Man - 5'9" - 170 - 180 lbs Likely between 20 and 60 years old (OR OLDER!!!!) Needless to say, the case went cold. For 20 years. In 2025 - Grays Harbor County Coroner's Office and the King County Medical Examiner's Office and submit evidence to Othram. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack talk about the case that didn't seem possible to solve, and the Mayor who was able to finally be laid to rest.
Transcribe Highlights
00:03.34 Introduction - Story of "Pearl"
03:23.81 Ann Rule - true crime author
05:05.05 Skeletal Remains found on beach
10:10.94 Dental wear to determine age
15:09.54 Skull wear - suture lines
20:34.97 Standing at the edge of raging rivers
25:01.85 Soft tissue eaten
30:23.00 Mayor Edwin Asher
35:11.85 Skeleton found in 2006
41:12.23 Identifying remains
45:17.78 Having to breathe life into DNA
48:52.47 Othram making a difference
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.7 | Quality Facts with Joseph Scott Moore. |
| 0:09.8 | My grandmother, whom I loved dearly, you've heard me speak of her before. |
| 0:15.6 | Her name was Pearl. |
| 0:20.1 | Born and raised in the Deep South, and I mean deep south. |
| 0:23.7 | I'm talking about she was born into an era before electricity, |
| 0:28.1 | before many people had cars even, in a small town in North Louisiana. |
| 0:35.6 | She had always lived in the deep south. And the thing you know about the deep |
| 0:40.6 | south is that if it turns off cool, sooner or later it's going to get hot and humid again. |
| 0:46.4 | As her years advanced, she had to move out to Oregon. And she lived in Coos Bay, Oregon. |
| 0:55.9 | As a matter of fact, that's where she passed away. |
| 0:58.6 | Now, me, I'd never been out there. |
| 1:01.0 | And I went out to visit her. |
| 1:04.9 | And I got to tell you guys, |
| 1:07.4 | the first time I ever drove up the Oregon coast you have that moment where you see |
| 1:15.4 | the scenery and you view that huge Pacific Ocean and the ocean even though you appreciate how big |
| 1:25.8 | it is in California you get up to Oregon and you see it |
| 1:29.5 | there with those huge rocks that are just rising up out of the ocean floor. |
| 1:34.7 | And it's like you're in a different world and you suddenly realize truly how small you are, |
| 1:40.2 | how almost insignificant your life is. |
| 1:43.4 | But you're there and the environment is completely different than the deep south. |
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