Identified! OR - Fort Stevens, remains washed ashore, Apr'11 - Dustin Weber

carbuff · Apr 3, 2011

Remains found washed up on beach at Fort Stevens State Park near Astoria OR: http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/f...cle_8ac28450-5d71-11e0-9c50-001cc4c002e0.html

"It is not known if the remains are of a male or female. Positive identification may take several days. No other information for release at this time."

Kind of sounds like there might have been some ID with the remains.

lindugh · Apr 4, 2011

Possibly Shantina Smiley? .

mary33 · Apr 6, 2011

I actually think that is Kyron...

mary33 · Apr 6, 2011

Shantina Smiley... there is no way that is here.... this body has been BADLY decomposed... to the point that the body was in the water for quite some time...

PLUS... in this article,

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TheLaw/sh...d-alcoholic-replase-fiance/story?id=10122149?

it says:

"Her minivan, with the doors open and no one inside, was pulled from the water on a Puget Sound beach Sunday."

Google Maps

There is no way she could drift that far...

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Apr 6, 2011

mary33 said:
Shantina Smiley... there is no way that is here.... this body has been BADLY decomposed... to the point that the body was in the water for quite some time...

Shantina has been missing for over a year. Definitely qualifies as "quite some time". But I don't think the location fits. Don't think it's Kyron, though, either. Astoria is a 2 hour drive from Portland.

Not knowing male or female makes it more difficult, too.

Ms Suzanne · Apr 6, 2011

mary33 said:
I actually think that is Kyron...

I was wondering if it is little Kyron too.Is there any new information out on these remains found.

Ms Suzanne · Apr 6, 2011

http://www.oregon.gov/OSP/NEWSRL/news/04_02_2011_death_beach_fort_stevens.shtml

tfrohning · Apr 6, 2011

lindugh said:
Possibly Shantina Smiley? .

I forgot about her

scandi · Apr 6, 2011

It could be Lindsey. Last summer there was local talk about her being put in the ocean at Westport. It is a stretch as Westport is on the bay side of a stretch of land. So the body would have to wash out and around the tip of that land mass and into the ocean and then travel down to the Columbia River, cross it and then end up at Fort Stevens.

We'll see. Here's a map of Westport:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q...code_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q8gEwAA

carbuff · Apr 6, 2011

I think that's the wrong Westport. It seems to be pointing to Pennsylvania.

Wait, now it's showing the right map. This is weird. Either that or I've been on line too long today....

tfrohning · Apr 6, 2011

carbuff said:
Remains found washed up on beach at Fort Stevens State Park near Astoria OR: http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/f...cle_8ac28450-5d71-11e0-9c50-001cc4c002e0.html

"It is not known if the remains are of a male or female. Positive identification may take several days. No other information for release at this time."

Kind of sounds like there might have been some ID with the remains.

could it be David Durham that shot LE ?

carbuff · Apr 6, 2011

tfrohning said:
could it be David Durham that shot LE ?

That's who I thought of first. He was last seen not that far from there, wasn't he?

Ms Suzanne · Apr 6, 2011

Heres some other people missing in oregon.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingk...act=usMapSearch&missState=OR&searchLang=en_US

Ms Suzanne · Apr 6, 2011

Here's a couple of people.Have they been found.

http://beaverton.katu.com/content/beaverton-man-reported-missing-clatsop-county

http://www.beachconnection.net/news/missing081710_334.php

http://www.co.clatsop.or.us/news.asp?deptid=25&pageid=&pressID=2004

http://www.kmed.com/pages/landing?1...SSING-OREGON-TEEN=1&blockID=388323&feedID=133

KaylynnCouture · Apr 6, 2011

Any updates on the description? It would help if we at least knew the age range.

cluciano63 · Apr 6, 2011

I haven't seen anything new on this; seems odd that they did not report the find as remains of an adult, for example, right away, as they have been doing that all year, with all of the bodies found. I guess it is possible they could not tell the age, but surely they could tell a child from an adult?

KaylynnCouture · Apr 7, 2011

Ms Suzanne said:
Here's a couple of people.Have they been found.

http://beaverton.katu.com/content/beaverton-man-reported-missing-clatsop-county

http://www.beachconnection.net/news/missing081710_334.php

http://www.co.clatsop.or.us/news.asp?deptid=25&pageid=&pressID=2004

http://www.kmed.com/pages/landing?1...SSING-OREGON-TEEN=1&blockID=388323&feedID=133

Stephen Fox (first link) appears to still be missing. I can't find any info either way (that confirms he's still missing, or that he's been found).

Gary Hulstrom (second link) was found on August 18th - http://nixle.com/alert/3190439/

I couldn't get the third link to work.

Daniel Fletcher (fourth link) has been found. - http://www.helpfindmissingones.com/2011/01/fletcher-daniel.html

webrocket · Apr 12, 2011

the body has been identified as Dustin Weber, a Californian who was swept out to sea by the tsunami:

http://www.kptv.com/news/27518326/detail.html?source=ptl1

Cubby · Apr 12, 2011

Wow. I hadn't realized there were any victims of the tsunami here in the states. 22 days and more than 300 miles away. Terribly saddened by the loss but glad he has been recovered, id'd and can be properly buried.

Perhaps that is an indication of hope for other victims believed to be lost at sea to be recovered.

carbuff · Apr 12, 2011

Cubby said:
Wow. I hadn't realized there were any victims of the tsunami here in the states. 22 days and more than 300 miles away. Terribly saddened by the loss but glad he has been recovered, id'd and can be properly buried.

Perhaps that is an indication of hope for other victims believed to be lost at sea to be covered.

This article doesn't have his name but it describes the incident. He was washed to sea while trying to take photos: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42024659/ns/world_news-asia-pacific/

Another article with pretty much the same information: http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/ks...o-photograph-tsunami-20110311,0,1080814.story

And this is a new article with his name and photo: http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/stor...unami-wave-washes/hmGQhC0c1U2_P0xaGGcqWQ.cspx

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