Help ID Me Facebook post 10/29/2019. Lots of comments.
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On February 24, 1980 skeletal remains of an unidentified female were recovered along Fly Creek near #Amboy, #Washington in rural Clark County.
Today the Clark County Sheriff's Office is announcing the remains have been positively identified as Sandra Renee ("Sandy") Morden.
In January the case was submitted to Parabon for phenotyping and genetic genealogy. The Jane Doe's data was uploaded into a public genetic genealogy database and potential relatives were identified. Additional follow-up by law enforcement confirmed the remains were in fact those of Sandy Morden.
Sandy, her father Andrew Bain ("Andy") Morden and her mother Kathryn Irene ("Irene") Morden moved to Portland from the San Francisco Bay area. Andy, who was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War era, worked in the maritime trades on tugboats providing service to pulp, paper and logging interests on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.
Andy and Irene were divorced in the early 1970s, with Andy assuming custody of Sandy. Following the divorce, Irene lived separately at various locations in Portland and in the Bay area. Andy and Sandy lived in Portland and Vancouver.
Sandy attended Binnesmead Middle School (now Harrison Park Middle School) on S.E. 87th Avenue in Portland in 1974 and 1975. She attended Gaiser Middle School on N.E. 99th Street in Vancouver in 1975 and 1976. She attended Wilson High School on S.W. Vermont Street in Portland in 1976 and 1977.
Irene passed away in San Francisco in 1988. Andy Morden retired to Ilwaco, Washington, where he died in 1999.
Sandy’s whereabouts between May 1977 and February 1980 have yet to be determined.
The Sheriff's Office would like to hear from friends, acquaintances, neighbors, coworkers, fellow veterans and classmates of Andy, Irene and Sandy Morden, particularly those who interacted with them after 1970. Persons with any information are urged to contact Detective Lindsay Schultz
Lindsay.Schultz@clark.wa.gov or 360.397.2036