Identified! WA - Yakima Co., Wht/HispFem UP16710, 20-30, under Hwy 97 bridge, Feb'17 - Linda Dave

[KJ's Mamu]

Namus file shows that DNA sample is available but not submitted...it's been a year. Why wouldn't they submit the DNA?

 

[Al Ka]

Identified - Linda Dave

TOPPENISH, Wash. (AP) - A homicide victim who was found dead under a bridge more than a year ago in central Washington has been identified.

The Yakima Herald reports 39-year-old Linda Dave was found Feb. 15, 2017 by state Department of Transportation workers inspecting a U.S. Highway 97 bridge south of Toppenish.

Officials say Dave was from White Swan, which is on the Yakima Indian Reservation.
https://www.yaktrinews.com/news/hom...er-bridge-near-toppenish-identified/725694734

 

[cvaldez1975]

several fb ... I think the second one most recent. family commenting RIP Linda Dave

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009818134605
https://www.facebook.com/lindasallydave01051997
https://www.facebook.com/linda.dave.140

 

[carbuff]

Namus file shows that DNA sample is available but not submitted...it's been a year. Why wouldn't they submit the DNA?

A moot point now, but that usually means it's in process, either still being tested or paperwork dragging on.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Linda Dave, 39. Dave’s body was discovered in February 2017 in the water beneath a bridge on U.S. Highway 97 near Toppenish. She had suffered a gunshot wound to her abdomen. Authorities confirmed her identity in March of this year.

Murdered, missing and mysterious deaths of Native girls and women on or near the Yakama Reservation