Items that washed up on Washington state beach identified as belonging to missing mom and son
By APThursday, March 18, 2010
Police: Items on Wash. beach are missing family’s
SEATTLE — Authorities in Washington state say a shoe that washed up on a Puget Sound beach over the weekend probably belonged to the woman who apparently abandoned a van on the beach and disappeared with her 8-year-old son.
Lt. Chris Mealy of the Thurston County sheriff’s office says other items that washed up on the beach also appear to be from 29-year-old Shantina “Kat” Smiley of Silverdale and her son Azriel Carver.
Mealy says the positive identification of the items does not change the direction of their investigation.
Thurston County has a boat in the water scouring the shoreline for clues. Investigators also are examining Smiley’s bank records and court and public records and talking to people.
Smiley and her son vanished Saturday night. Her van was found the next day.
