Clallam County Man Still Missing After Recent Snowstorms

PORT ANGELES, WA — Clallam County deputies are still searching for a 38-year-old man who went missing during storms that brought heavy snowfall to the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas this week. According to investigators, Mathew Warren Dean has not been seen since he borrowed a family member's car in Neah Bay and headed for Port Angeles Tuesday evening. Q13 News reported more than 18 inches of snow fell in the Port Angeles area that night.

Family members told the sheriff's office they received a Facebook message Tuesday night, saying Dean's car was found in a ditch along Highway 112, southeast of Clallam Bay. The person who found the car said there were footprints along the side of the highway, heading back toward Neah Bay. Washington State Patrol was notified early the next morning and troopers found the vehicle, which appeared to have left the road during heavy snowfall.

Dean is described as a 38-year-old Native American man, about 5 feet tall, and weighing 155 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing black sneakers and dark-colored sweatpants. The sheriff's office said Dean's information was entered into a missing person's database, and deputies visited homes near where the car was found.

Anyone with information that could help find Dean should call Clallam County dispatch at 360-417-2459.

In Snohomish County, a woman died from hypothermia Wednesday night. According to the Seattle Times, the body of 57-year-old Kathleen Jenks, an elementary school teacher, was found east of Mill Creek. The medical examiner determined her cause of death was hypothermia and ruled it accidental.

According to the Snohomish School District, Jenks taught at Little Cedars Elementary since 2017 and previously worked in the Shoreline School District for 27 years.