WWU police working to identify man’s body found last week near residence hall
Efforts to identify a man’s body found last week near the Western Washington University campus have been unsuccessful so far, according to Whatcom County Medical Examiner Dr. Gary Goldfogel.
Dr. Goldfogel told The Bellingham Herald in an email Tuesday that the man’s fingerprints did not match any on record. Bellingham police assisted in attempting to match fingerprints, according to Dr. Goldfogel
“There are no current missing person reports that match, and we have no good leads,” Dr. Goldfogel wrote in his email.
The body of a man in his mid-20s was found Thursday afternoon, March 5, in a wooded area north of the Buchanan Towers residence hall, according to a WWU alert at the time. No foul play was suspected in the man’s death, according to the alert.
University police were notified about the body at 1:58 p.m. near the Sehome Arboretum. The Bellingham Fire Department was called to the scene on Bill McDonald Parkway at 2:01 p.m., according to the PulsePoint app.
Dr. Goldfogel said WWU Police are handling the investigation.
This story was originally published March 10, 2020 at 9:50 AM.
