Kitsap County Medical Examiners Office

08/14/2025

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07/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended our indigent burial ceremony this morning. We greatly appreciate our community’s acknowledgement of those who died without family or other loved ones to care for them.

07/10/2025

The victims of the residential structure fire on Royalwood Place in Port Orchard on July 5, 2025, have been identified as:

Carlin Sheedy, a 40-year-old male, and
Jayden Sheedy, a 9-year-old female
Both have Port Orchard addresses listed.

Autopsies on both victims were performed by Kitsap County’s Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Lindsey Harle. Identification was made by Washington State Patrol’s Forensic Odontologist, Dr. Kyle Tanaka.

Cause and manner of death for both are pending return of toxicology and further investigation.

06/30/2025

On July 12, 2025, at 10 a.m., the Kitsap County Medical Examiner's Office will hold a public burial ceremony for eight residents who were considered "indigent" at the time of their passing.

Through no fault of their own, these citizens left the world without family or funds for a final resting place. We at the Kitsap County Medical Examiner's Office feel very strongly that these individuals deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. Through a generous donation several years ago, our County was gifted four cemetery plots at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Bremerton.

The County plots are on the south side of the cemetery in the upper lots, Heather section, plots 7, 8, 9, and 10. These plots provide a beautiful setting for these individuals to be interred.

The names of those being interred include:
*Roger Boyd
*Mark Mayberry
*Harley Robertson
*Renee Lambert
*Michael Taylor
*Marshal Taylor
*Barbara Pederson
*Unknown (unmarked urn found)

Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue chaplains will officiate a short ceremony. We encourage anyone who would like to attend to join us. This is an opportunity to show our respect to those who have departed and let them know that they were not alone and will not be forgotten.

BURIAL CEREMONY
Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Forest Lawn Cemetery, 5409 Kitsap Way, Bremerton, WA 98312

06/05/2025

The Kitsap County Medical Examiner's Office is currently in possession of the remains of the following 13 people that are considered either indigent or abandoned. We at the Kitsap County Medical Examiner's Office feel very strongly that these individuals deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, and we would like to place the remains with family or friends if at all possible.

Our office has dedicated numerous hours attempting to find family for these individuals to no avail. It is our hope that this joint outreach with the media will reach someone that we have been unable to locate through other means. If you are a friend or family member of any of the following individuals, and would like to claim their cremains, please contact the Kitsap County Medical Examiner's program supervisor Jeffrey Wallis at [email protected].

Here is the list of persons and their date(s) of birth:
*Mark Mayberry, 11/30/1960
*Harley Robertson, 06/02/1948
*Renee Lambert, 02/04/1960
*Jerry Cadena, 12/13/1974
*Michael Taylor, 02/26/1966
*Marshal Taylor, 09/10/1959
*Brian Barlow, 04/18/1962
*Barbara Pederson, 03/24/1946
Randy Simonson, 05/07/1956
Keith Price, 08/03/1958
Debbie Harwood, 03/30/1959
Marcus Jones, 01/06/1972
Kimberly Jo Martin, 02/17/1965

Any remains notated with an asterisk (*) not claimed before the end of business on July 3, 2025, will be interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Bremerton. A public ceremony is tentatively scheduled for 10 a.m. on July 12, 2025.

05/20/2025

The victim of the incident at the Poulsbo Fish Park on Bond Road on Saturday, May 17, has been identified as Maxwell R. Bowen, a 36-year-old male from Kitsap County. Read more: https://bit.ly/FishParkIncident

05/13/2025

The Medical Examiner has identified the victim of an officer involved shooting in Poulsbo on May 7, 2025, as Justin L. Moegling, a 41-year-old male from Bremerton. Read more at: https://www.kitsap.gov/pages/CountyNews.aspx?FilterField1=ID&FilterValue1=673

03/08/2025

The Kitsap County Medical Examiner's Office has released the identity of an individual found March 3, 2025, in the vicinity of Old Clifton Road and Lloyd Parkway in Port Orchard. The victim has been identified as:
• Ambria M. Affriseo, a 43-year-old female with a Pierce County address listed.
An autopsy was performed by Kitsap County Chief Medical Examiner, Doctor Lindsey Harle.
Cause and Manner of death are pending toxicology.

02/15/2025

We are looking for a part-time death investigator!!! If you want to be part of a dynamic, advancing organization please check out the listing at this link.

We want everyone to feel welcome and at home with Kitsap County. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

02/10/2025

The Kitsap County Medical Examiner's Office has released the identity of an individual found along the highway in Bremerton last Friday, Feb. 7.

With assistance from the FBI and through the use of fingerprints, the victim found in the 3400 block of State Route 3 has been identified as:

Jeffrey Byler, a 37-year-old male with no permanent address listed.
An autopsy was performed by Kitsap County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Lindsey Harle.

Cause and manner of death are pending toxicology. Foul play is not suspected.

11/27/2024

The victim of the incident on the Warren Avenue bridge in Bremerton the morning of Sunday, November 24, 2024, has been identified as:
• Ricardo Velez, a 42-year-old male of Bremerton.
An autopsy was performed by Kitsap County’s Chief Medical Examiner, Doctor Lindsey Harle.
The cause of death is drowning with blunt trauma to the head as a contributing cause.
The manner of death is accident.

10/11/2024

The Kitsap County Medical Examiner has identified the victims of an incident on Scandia Road on Oct. 9 as 17-year-oldo Scotty Bass and 16-year-old Sebastian Bass, both of Poulsbo.
An autopsy was performed by Kitsap County’s Chief Medical Examiner, Doctor Lindsey Harle.
Cause of death is sharp force injuries. Manner of death for both victims is homicide.