Police Seek Help Identifying Body

Fri., May 28, 1999

From Staff Reports

Police need help identifying a young man whose body was discovered in the Spokane River on Wednesday.

Workers with Avista power company found the corpse stuck in a grate near the Post Street dam about 8:45 a.m.

An autopsy was unable to determine the cause of death, and the victim’s fingerprints are not in the state criminal database, police spokesman Dick Cottam said in a news release.

The victim was white, 15 to 19 years old, about 6 feet 1 and 160 pounds. He had green eyes, a shaved head and a large mole on his right cheek. He was dressed in black but was missing his shoes when he was found, police said.

Anyone who might know the victim’s identity is asked to call Crime Check at 456-2233.

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