An Oregon mayor went missing on a crabbing trip in 2006. Nearly 20 years later, DNA testing has ID’d his remains

Published on: 01/14/2026

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Clarence Edwin Asher went missing in 2006 while crabbing in Tillamook Bay (pictured).

Nearly 20 years after skeletal remains washed ashore on a beach in the unincorporated town of Taholah, Washington, officials have finally put a name to the man long known as “Grays Harbor County John Doe (2006).”

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/01/an-oregon-mayor-went-missing-on-a-crabbing-trip-in-2006-nearly-20-years-later-dna-testing-has-idd-his-remains.html

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