# @theoregonian on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DTjMG6jkgSp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/44202446-theoregonian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-16T01:30:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

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).”

New advances in DNA testing and the help of a Texas forensic lab allowed the Grays Harbor County Coroner’s Office to determine the remains belonged to Clarence Edwin Asher, a former mayor of Fossil, Oregon, the coroner’s office said in a Tuesday statement.

Read more at the link in our bio.

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taholahwashington, washington, oregon, johndoe, fossiloregon, dna, theoregonian, identified, missingperson

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