Decades-old skeletal remains washed ashore in washington identified as former Oregon mayor
Nearly 20 years after he vanished on a 2006 fishing trip, former Fossil, Oregon, mayor Ed Asher has been identified from skeletal remains found on a Washington beach. Forensic DNA confirmed his identity, closing a long-unsolved case. Asher, 72 at the time, had left behind a large family and a legacy of community service, finally linking his presumed drowning to certainty.
