Found Deceased WA - Sawyer West, 29, left care facility, Edmonds, Snohomish Co., 16 Oct 2020

[GuyfromCanada]

Sawyer West was last seen leaving a care facility in Edmonds on 10/16/20. He left his personal belongings at the facility and has not been heard from since. EPD has notified law enforcement statewide and he is listed as a missing person. If you have any information regarding Sawyer’s whereabouts please email [email protected] or notify your local police department.
Sawyer is 29 years old, 5’09” tall and approx. 160lbs with blue eyes.

Edmonds Police Department

Edmonds police searching for man missing from care facility

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 26, 2020
Search continues for missing man last seen in Lynnwood | HeraldNet.com

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West, 29, was last seen near Highway 99 and 220th Street Southwest. He was wearing a green hoodie, black windbreaker and a mask with an American flag pattern on it. He’s described as being 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a slight build and having light brown hair and bluish gray eyes.

Earlier that day he signed out of the group home he moved into just before the coronavirus pandemic struck the United States. He likes to walk and wander, and West wanted to paint his face like a clown and was looking for makeup at a nearby Halloween store, Crane said. He came back but signed out for the store again around 6:15 p.m.

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He has schizophrenia, a mental disorder that produces delusions, disordered thinking, hallucinations and behavior that impairs daily functioning, according to the Mayo Clinic. ...

“Right now, he’s not acting right,” Crane said. “He could be talking to himself, laughing really loud, or behavior that people could find really scary. But he’s not at all dangerous.”

But his family thinks West hasn’t been medicated since Oct. 16, which would be the longest he’s gone without prescription treatment since he was 17.

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Since he’s been gone, Crane has received about 20 tips from people who think they saw him.

People have told her they saw West as far away as Portland, but the majority of reported sightings are between Everett and Seattle, Crane said. Despite the tips, none have produced a photo or video, even when her daughters and her rush to a location, including Alderwood mall in Lynnwood and the Fred Meyer in Everett.

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Tips about his location can be sent to the Edmonds Police Department 425-771-0200 (case number 20-243-55), his mom, Carol Crane, at 425-512-5437 and on a Facebook page, Missing Sawyer West.

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Hwy 99 and 220th St SW: خرائط ‪Google‬‏‏

 

[kelsie]

Prayers for Sawyer and his family.

 

[PommyMommy]

Facebook: Sawyer West

 

[Penny4YourThoughts]

Missing Sawyer West

Missing Sawyer West
Video footage found of Sawyer training for half marathon

ETA If he went missing while on a run this could explain why his personal items/phone were left home IMO

 

[Catmommy]

Happy trails, Sawyer. May you stay safe and let your family know where you are soon.

 

[PommyMommy]

Updating map of last seen location per Admin's post below. خرائط ‪Google‬‏‏

NOV 2, 2020
Missing Sawyer West
Updated info: not in Portland.
Sawyer went for a jog at 6:03 headed north on 70th Ave W. and didn’t returns
Address 20903 70th Ave W. Edmonds Wa
Wearing green hoodie, dark blue sweat pants

NOV 3, 2020
Missing Sawyer West
Update: we are working with the police to find more video footage of Sawyers run on the 16th to better track his route and timeline. We are focusing on College Place Middle School and the trail around the Lynnwood Golf Course and surrounding areas. He also spoke of a wooded area he liked to meditate in. If your in the area please check every patch of trees and bushes, even in yards, that you see and if you have cameras in the area please review them for Oct 16th between 6pm-8pm. He was wearing a green hoodie sweatshirt, blue sweat pants, and black tennis shoes. Thank you for your continued prayers and help with our search.

 

[PNW]

College Place has a track that gets pretty busy during the day/ early evening with walkers/joggers. There are some wooded areas immediately around the school and track, also a golf course. But the surrounding area is busy with both residential homes and businesses. I hope they can track him by cameras.

 

[PommyMommy]

Missing Sawyer West
Update: 11/6/2020

• They have no leads other than the video showing Sawyer going for a run.
• They have checked all the parks, trails, shelters, food banks, and hospitals and will continue to check them.
• The police have not turned up anything.
• They ask that people continue to search for him as well as print/hang flyers.
• They are asking about drone resources to search a park.

 

[idfinch]

Where are you Sawyer? 4 weeks missing as of yesterday.

 

[PommyMommy]

Missing Sawyer West
Update: 11/8/2020

• Pine Ridge Park has been checked off the list of places to search after a drone was flown over the pond.
• A man-made shelter was found but it is unknown who built it.

Missing Sawyer West
Update: 11/11/2020

• They are interviewing a PI (today - 11/11) in the hope he can find something they missed.
• Funds are needed to continue searches.

 

[Catmommy]

I hope and think that Sawyer is still alive and more or less well. Having said that, I do have to point out that Snohomish county has a history of bizarre and troublesome violent crimes.

 

[moody_chicago]

This breaks my heart so much. I’m so worried for him. This is a long time to be without meds.

 

[azure]

How does an adult with mental illness end up in a care home? Are they placed there by someone with a POA? Is it court ordered?

 

[PommyMommy]

Missing Sawyer West
Update: 11/16/2020

• The search has extended into Seattle and they are overwhelmed with the number of shelters, food banks, and other homeless outreach programs.
• If you have time to call, email, or drop in and share Sawyers missing person flyer that would be so helpful. (From Shoreline to Downtown Seattle)
• They have a script available that they've been using if you need it.
• Email for the script and flyers at the link.

 

[mpnola]

How does an adult with mental illness end up in a care home? Are they placed there by someone with a POA? Is it court ordered?

I am not in Washington, im in Louisiana, but this is what I used to do for a living. All of mine were voluntary, but most were post hospitalization. So, they would be in the hospital due to needing med stabilization and when they were discharged, some were referred for community services. Louisiana has no funding for mental health homes now (only homes for those diagnosed with a developmental disability), but when we did, they were admitted for 1 year. In that 1 year, I had to basically help then form good habits, so thy could then be more successful and independent. Every now and then, it is court ordered, but that was rare. They wanted to come and I chose people I felt I could help best. Hopefully, they have better funding than we did. It was a tiny bit of time to help, but it was better than no options, like now.

 

[PNW]

There are a ton of missing posters up around Edmonds. I hope he can be located soon!

 

[moody_chicago]

How does an adult with mental illness end up in a care home? Are they placed there by someone with a POA? Is it court ordered?

I worked in a psychiatric hospital and we had a whole “ward” where people just lived permanently. They were adults and their families couldn’t care for them. Many had been in the mental health system since they were kids. Some had adult onset psychosis. Dunno how it works in the US but mental health care is free here and basically, after a number of appointments, a psychiatrist will refer you if you can’t care for yourself because of your mental health. OR If you’re a danger to yourself or others, you’ll go into inpatient where it’s a hospital setting and they’ll treat and evaluate you. Most will get released back into the wild. But a very small few may have to go into long term care.
Some were on the autism spectrum, some schizophrenic, some had dementia (but weren’t elderly), some I have no idea but they were a fun as hell wild bunch who were a real hoot whenever we busted out the piano for singalongs!

 

[PNW]

There was a body found this morning close to where Sawyer went missing. The gender and age haven’t been released and the death is “suspicious”. I’m not sure how to link an article but it’s all over the news. The body was found behind a building close to Edmonds Community College. I hope it’s not Sawyer but thoughts to the deceased’s family.

 

[bombardier]

Hi PNW, here's a link.
Body found in Lynnwood