108 people missing in mudslide

The number of missing in the Washington state mudslide fell to 30 on Saturday after many people were found safe, authorities said.

A drop from the original 90 was expected as people notified authorities that they were well, a spokesman, Jason Biermann, said.

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The death toll in last month’s massive landslide in rural Washington state has risen to 28, the Snohomish County medical examiner’s office said Tuesday. Twenty-two people still are missing, down from 30 on Monday, authorities said.

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Leilei said:

Wanted to update. My friend's uncle was recovered earlier this week, and finally identified. He died from blunt-force trauma. She is grieving - he helped raise her. But, finding him and identifying him has helped the family move forward a little bit.

I'm praying for her, her family, and for everyone affected by this tragedy.

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Exactly two months after the Oso mudslide, another body was recovered in the debris field Thursday, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said.

The medical examiner’s office has not released the identity.

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The search continues to produce daily accounts of grief and loss. On Tuesday, a U.S. Army soldier who took leave to search for missing family members believed to have been buried in the muddy rubble was found dead of an apparent suicide, authorities said.

Specialist Christopher Dombroski, 20, was found in the Capitol State Forest just west of Olympia, having suffered what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Thurston County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Greg Elwin.

Dombroski was the nephew of Steve and Theresa Harris, who are among the seven people listed as missing in the mudslide, said Lieutenant Colonel Joe Sowers, an Army spokesman.

The soldier, who had served one tour in Afghanistan, was granted time off from work at the 7th Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, south of Seattle, to help search for victims of the slide, Sowers said.

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The family of a man long missing in Washington's March 22 landslide is confirming that the latest remains discovered were his.

Steven Hadaway was installing a satellite television dish at a home when the slide struck. The 53-year-old's brother confirmed to KIRO-TV on Monday that the remains found last Thursday were his...

The remains of 42 people have now been recovered, with one person known to be missing -- 44-year-old Kris Regelbrugge, whose husband also died.

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