Found Deceased WA - Edgar 'Jimmy' Robinette, 32, Marblemount, 3 January 2014

One of the two men who was reported missing from the Marblemount area earlier this month has been located in Ocean Shores, the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

Neither the 57-year-old man nor a 32-year-old male acquaintance of his had been seen since Jan. 3, when the two were apparently involved in a fight, the sheriff’s office said. The 32-year-old male, Edgar Robinette, was reported missing on Jan. 6. He is still missing.

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Detectives looking for a missing Marblemount man found blood in the home and car of a neighbor who reportedly fought with him.

Edgar Robinette was reported missing Jan. 6. The 32-year-old was last seen Jan. 3 at the home of 57-year-old Steven Frederick Gest where the men had been drinking.

The Skagit Valley Herald reported Gest was arrested Jan. 14 and is held on $750,000 bail for investigation of assault and manslaughter.

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Marblemount man still missing; subject in jail. A Marblemount man is in jail on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance of a second Marblemount man, Edgar James “Jimmy” Robinette, 32. Steven Frederick Gest, 57, is being held on a magistrate’s warrant while the investigation into Robinette’s disappearance continues. Gest is charged with first-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault with a deadly weapon.

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Human remains found earlier this month near Cascade River Park east of Mount Vernon have been confirmed as those of a Marblemount man missing since 2014.

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