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12/29/2005: "SJI Man Found Dead"

In what is being handled as a suicide, Sheriff Bill Cumming reported that Michael Dodson, aged 21, was found dead on Tuesday, the 27th. Mr. Dodson was found when the home owner requested that the house Mr. Dodson was staying in be checked, as the home owner was off island for the holidays, and he had been unable to make contact with Mr. Dodson.

When the house was checked, the body of Mr. Dodson was found in a bedroom of the home. According to an investigation of the scene by deputies, it was determined that most likely the deceased died from a single gunshot wound. The on-scene findings will have to be verified by a post mortem examination, which will be conducted by the Snohomish Medical Examiner. The family of the victim has been notified.