Mudslide Death Toll At 28; Missing List Drops To 20
Source: USA TODAY
The sad, slow, dangerous work of searching through the mud in Oso, Wash., went on Tuesday as authorities declared the official death toll from the March 22 landslide to be 28. There are still 20 people unaccounted for.
Of the 28, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office has been able to positively identify 22. Officials say receding floodwaters are helping in the search.
The newest names on the victims list are Thom E. Satterlee, 65, Lon E. Slauson, 60, and Adam Farnes, 23. As did the others, they died of blunt-force injuries in the March 22 mudslide northeast of Seattle.
Earlier, the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit released the names of 22 people presumed missing. Because eight of the bodies recovered from the slide have not been identified, it's possible that they could be among the 22 on the missing list.
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