Possible bone fragments found 171 feet below the surface of Lake Crescent will undergo DNA tests to determine if they are remains of a Forks-area couple who disappeared in 1929.
“We’re not sure exactly what we have with all certainty,” Olympic National Park Ranger Dan Pontbriand said.
“We think there’s some hair and bone and tooth. We are evaluating them to see if they are human remains. We will work with the state crime lab to see what we have.
“Let’s put it this way — it’s not the household cat.”
The DNA test results could finally solve a mystery that began on July 3, 1929, when Russell Warren picked up his wife, Blanch, from a Port Angeles hospital.
Russell bought a new wringer washing machine and a box of groceries, then the couple headed back to their home near Forks on unpaved Olympic Highway.
They were never seen again.
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