Jonathan Joseph Woodward – The Charley Project
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
March 11, 2016 -
December 23, 2017 Additional remains washed up in the same area on 01/22/2018.
Missing From - Des Moines, Washington.
beach below the Magnolia neighborhood in Seattle, WA
Missing Age - 36 Years
30-60 Years
Height - 6' 2" - 6' 4" (74 - 76 Inches)
5' 8"-5' 11"(68-71 inches) , Estimated
Weight - 220 - 240 lbs
cannot estimate
Hair - short brown
unknown
Eyes - brown
unknown
Circumstances of Disappearance - Jonathan was last seen in Des Moines, Washington on 3-11-2016. He lives a transient lifestyle and is known to travel up and down I-5 corridor, mainly in Washington and Oregon but occasionally in California as well.
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This may be a long shot but I wonder whether these remains belong to Jonathan? He tended to travel along the I-5 corridor throughout Washington, Oregon, and Cali. He hadn't been heard from since March of 2016 and these remains (partial with soft tissue) began washing up along the beach in Dec. 2017. There is a
21-minute distance between the site where the remains washed up and the GPS coordinates shown in Jonathan's NamUs profile. The
height is off by about 3"-5" if we take the high end of the 5'8"-5'11" estimate of the UID's height.
It'd be interesting to know how frequently he was in contact with others prior to the filing of his MP report and what type of clothing he usually wore since no description was given. He lived a transient lifestyle but does that mean homeless or a wanderer/adventurer type of traveler? One of his pics appears to be a booking photo and in that pic he looks a bit "rougher" than the other so maybe he had issues with drug use but that's pure speculation on my part. I question his usual schedule of communication because the UID's partial remains still had soft tissue. If Jonathan perished in March 2016, it's highly unlikely his remains would have still had soft tissue in Dec. 2017. On the other hand if he usually went months to a year or so w/o contact, then the MP report may reflect the last time anyone heard from him but he carried on for another year or so before his death.
As I said, it's a long shot but the distance, his resemblance to the composite, and lack of other potential match candidates has me curious for more info (and a comparison). Your thoughts?
I'll start a MP thread for Jonathan as I haven't found one yet.