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   GRAYS HARBOR, Wash. — After nearly two decades of mystery, the remains   
   of a man found in Grays Harbor County have been identified.   
      
   The breakthrough came through the collaborative efforts of the Grays   
   Harbor County Coroner's Office, the King County Medical Examiner's   
   Office, and Othram, a forensic DNA company based in Texas.   
      
   In November 2006, skeletal remains were discovered on a beach in   
   Taholah, an unincorporated village on the Quinault Indian Reservation.   
      
   Despite extensive investigations by the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's   
   Office and the Coroner's Office, the remains could not be identified and   
   were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System   
   as Grays Harbor County John Doe (2006).   
      
   In 2025, forensic evidence was submitted to Othram, where scientists   
   developed a DNA extract and used Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing to   
   create a comprehensive DNA profile.   
      
   This profile was instrumental in a genetic genealogy search that led   
   investigators to potential relatives of the unidentified man.   
      
   A reference DNA sample from a relative confirmed the man's identity as   
   Clarence Edwin "Ed" Asher, born in 1934.   
      
   Ed Asher, who was declared legally dead in 2006 after being presumed   
   drowned while crabbing in Tillamook Bay, was born in Salem and raised in   
   Astoria, Oregon.   
      
   He moved to Fossil, Oregon, in 1952, where he worked as a lineman for   
   the Fossil Telephone Company until his retirement in 1995. Asher also   
   opened Asher's Variety Store in 1965 and served as the mayor of Fossil.   
   He was 72 at the time of his death.   
      
   The identification of Ed Asher marks the 43rd case in Washington where   
   officials have used Othram's technology to identify an individual.   
      
   This achievement was made possible by critical funding from Gov.   
   Ferguson, Attorney General Nick Brown, and the Washington State   
   Legislature.   
      
   Conversation   
      
   GrannyWise   
   2 days ago   
      
   Let us amend that final statement to read: ..."made possible by funding   
   made possible by WA. state taxpayers."   
      
   Pearly   
   2 days ago   
      
   I’m glad the DNA company is in Texas and who got PAID. Today is also the   
   day Texas developed the Amber Alert System. They lead the way is so much   
   technology in space, health, politics, education, STEM, they will benefit   
   from the taxpayer money Washington residents are paying.   
      
   Hereagain.2   
   2 days ago   
      
   Yes, you are correct. And we don't need a 'plug' from KOMO on the goons at   
   the top. We know who made this possible.   
      
   It was made possible by You and I --- taxpayers.   
      
   https://komonews.com/news/local/body-found-on-western-washington-beach-id   
   entified-solving-20-year-mystery-dna-mayor-genetic-geneology-cold-case-my   
   stery-nick-brown-ferguson-reservation-genome-science-funding   
      
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