Identified! WA - Seattle, Wht Male, 30-60, UP17874, on Beach, Adidas Underwear, Air Jordans, Dec '17/Jan '18 - Paul Bossart, Jr.

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“We don't know who he is, we don't know what happened to him, we don't know why he ended up in the water. It's just a pile of unanswered questions,” said Norton.

DNA was able to determine the remains belong to the same person. A man aged 20 to 40 years old, but that’s all investigators know.

“It's difficult for me to fathom that someone ends up in the water and washes ashore and we don't hear from someone else associated with the person say, 'Hey I'm missing someone'," Norton said.

"There are a ton of scenarios that could be linked to what happened to this individual but no one reached out,” said Norton.

Seattle Police Foundation crowdfunding for DNA testing to crack cold case

Multiple body parts washed ashore south of Discovery Park in 2017 and 2018. The remains have never been identified.

www.king5.com

 

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April 23, 2023

The Seattle Police Foundation is seeking donations to raise $15,000 for DNA testing to identify human remains that washed ashore in the Magnolia neighborhood over five years ago.

Nonprofit seeks $15K to identify human remains found in Magnolia

The body parts and a pair of black and white Air Jordan sneakers washed up near Four Mile Rock south of Discovery Park between the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018.

www.seattletimes.com

 

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We are now working the case: Who is King County John Doe (2017)?

 

[sasha17]

We are now working the case: Who is King County John Doe (2017)?

Great news! Hoping it'll be solved quickly.

 

[Charlot123]

We are now working the case: Who is King County John Doe (2017)?

I shall show the photo to an acquaintance - her son's once-roommate disappeared around that time.

 

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Seattle Police seek help putting mystery of remains at Discovery Park to rest - Google Search

By Brisa Mendez April 19, 2023 rbbm.

SPD needs your help to solve 2017 mystery of human remains found near Seattle park

Seattle Police are hoping to crowdsource a solution to a years-long mystery—the identity of the person whose remains washed up in pieces near Discovery Park in 2017 and 2018.

www.fox13seattle.com

'They’re hoping advances in DNA identification, and genetic genealogy in particular, can finally give a family out there some closure over what happened to their missing loved one. But the problem has been finding the money to pay for it.
"So the first recovery was a hand, and then a month later a torso and a leg washed up—very distinctive shoes, black and gold Air Jordans," said Det. Rolf Norton. "And then three days later on Jan. 25, a foot washed up with the other matching shoe."
The shoe is a size 10, but that hasn't helped investigators zero in on the person's identity.
The multiple body parts washed ashore in 2017 and 2018 near 4-Mile Rock at Discovery Park.
"We scoured a missing persons reports," said Norton. "It’s a mystery—we don’t know who this person is, we do not know what happened to this person, we don’t know where they came from, we don’t know how they ended up in the water."
Detective Norton says that one avenue that is available now that wasn’t five or 10 years ago, is the use of forensics genealogy''

Seattle Police Foundation crowdfunding for DNA testing to solve cold case

“With the department unable to invest the expected cost of $15,000 for DNA testing, the Seattle Police Foundation is launching crowdfunding efforts to pay for the DNA test in hopes of helping solve the case and provide closure for the person’s family,” said the foundation.

www.kiro7.com

April 19 2023 by Julia Dallas
''SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Foundation is crowdfunding to cover the cost of DNA testing for an unsolved cold case.

In 2017 and 2018, multiple body parts and a shoe washed ashore along Discovery Park. Seattle police detectives and the King County Medical Examiner’s Office have yet to determine who the person is or how they died, according to the Seattle Police Foundation.

“With the department unable to invest the expected cost of $15,000 for DNA testing, the Seattle Police Foundation is launching crowdfunding efforts to pay for the DNA test in hopes of helping solve the case and provide closure for the person’s family,” said the foundation.


SPD is hoping that crowdfunding can work for them after the Clallam County Sheriff’s Department successfully used it to identify the owner of a sneaker that washed up in the Elwha River in 2021. The Sheriff’s Office found out the shoe belonged to a woman that disappeared in 2018.
To support the SPD’s case go here.''

SOLVED: King County John Doe (2017) is now Identified

 

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King County John Doe is now known to be 33-year-old Paul J. Bossart, Jr, who was originally from Illinois. Paul's family indicated that he had left home in November 2017, with plans to relocate to Seattle and was never heard from again. The circumstances of how the man ended up in the water are still under investigation.

 

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Rest in peace, Paul.