Soldier found dead in Capitol Forest

Soldier found dead in Capitol Forest has uncle missing in Oso slide
The Olympian
BY JEREMY PAWLOSKI
Staff writer
April 15, 2014

Thurston County search and rescue crews have found the body of a JBLM soldier who went missing in Capitol Forest Sunday night.

Chris Dombroski, 20, was found dead about 10 a.m. Tuesday, in an area of Capitol Peak near where his motorcycle had been found just hours earlier.

"It's not suspicious," Thurston County Sheriff's Lt. Greg Elwin said of the soldier's death. Elwin added that the evidence at the scene suggests Dombroski suffered a "traumatic, non-accidental death," but he would not elaborate further.

"There's no indication anyone else did this," Elwin added.

The investigation into Dombroski's death will be turned over to the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office, because his body was found in Grays Harbor County, Elwin added.

The coroner in Grays Harbor County will conduct an autopsy.

Dombroski has an uncle and an aunt who are missing in the Oso mudslide, an Everett Herald reporter confirmed Tuesday.
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Fort Carson Soldier's search for missing son ends in tragedy

Son of Fort Carson GI found dead after Washington mudslide
By The Gazette
POSTED: 04/03/2014

The name of the 13-year-old son of a Fort Carson soldier was added to the official list of those confirmed dead in the wake of the Washington mudslide that leveled the community of Oso and killed 30 people.

The boy, Jovan E. Mangual was visiting his mother in Arlington when the landslide hit March 22 and his father, Staff Sgt. Jose Mangual, set out from Colorado to Washington in search for the boy two days later.
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Fort Carson Soldier's Son Missing After Landslide

Fort Carson Soldier's Son Missing After Landslide

Fort Carson soldier looking for son missing in Wash. landslide
FOX 31 Denver
Thomas Hendrick
March 31, 2014

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Fort Carson soldier has traveled to Washington to help look for his 13-year-old son who went missing after a mudslide wiped out the town of Oso.

KRDO-TV reported Staff Sgt. Jose Mangual traveled to Washington last Monday to help look for his son Jovon Mangual.

Jovon lives with his mother in Washington.

“The feeling is nothing I can explain. I miss my son. I want my son and I will not stop until I find him,” Mangual said.

Managal said he plans to stay in Washington till he finds his son — no matter how long it takes.

“I haven’t had any luck. We’ve been searching for him. We haven’t been able to locate him,” the father said.
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Vietnam Vet William Welsh Killed in Washington Mudslide

Vietnam Vet William Welsh Is Confirmed as Latest Mudslide Victim
NBC News

Another victim of the deadly Washington mudslide was formally identified by authorities Thursday night.

William E. Welsh was a 66-year-old electrician who was on his way to install a hot water tank when the mudslide ripped through the Stillaguamish Valley. The Army veteran served in Vietnam.

According to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office he was killed by "blunt impact" injuries.
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Washington National Guard not called when ready for mudslide

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Precious time wasted in critical first hours after slide, some say
Seattle Times
Brian M. Rosenthal
March 27, 2014

SEATTLE — As days continue to pass without any sign of life in the vast wreckage, some local politicians are increasingly second-guessing how officials responded in the critical first hours after the deadly Oso mudslide.

State Rep. Elizabeth Scott and Snohomish County Councilmember Ken Klein say officials should have more quickly recognized the magnitude of the disaster, asked for experienced assistance and allowed knowledgeable locals to help.

Instead, Scott and Klein say, officials wasted precious time trying to handle a difficult situation on their own.

“There was a real shortage of common sense in this whole mess,” Scott said. “It’s just ridiculous.”

The commander of the Washington National Guard said Wednesday that he offered his help to county emergency-management officials last Saturday and Sunday but was rebuffed until midday Monday. A spokeswoman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said its help was requested around noon on Monday.

The National Guard has a 50-person search-and-extraction team with experience and specialized equipment. FEMA has a nationally recognized 65-person urban search-and-rescue team.
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Navy Commander's body recovered from Washington mudslide

Body of Navy commander, victim of Washington mudslide, found by brothers
Seattle Times
Posted by Sara Jean Green
March 25, 2014

The body of U.S. Navy Cmdr. L. John Regelbrugge III, 49, was found this morning on his property on Steelhead Drive, said his sister-in-law, Jackie Leighton of Vacaville, Calif.

Regelbrugge was a 32-year Navy veteran, she said.

“John was found this morning about 10 a.m. with his dog. His brothers found his body,” Leighton said.

Regelbrugge’s wife, Kris, remains missing, Leighton said: “They were both home when the slide hit, but they haven’t found her yet.”

The couple had three sons and two daughters. Two sons are in the Navy, and their daughters are both in college, according to Leighton. The couple’s third son, who lived with his parents, “left for work at the lumber mill right before the slide happened,” Leighton said.

Two of John Regelbrugge’s brothers and two of his sons “were all part of the search,” while his third son is overseas and now trying to make his way home, said Leighton.

Regelbrugge, a graduate of Esparto High School in Esparto, Calif., had 13 deployments during his career, including to Iraqi territorial waters in 2002 and 2006, according to a biography released by the Navy.
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Heartbreaking Search Intensifies

Hundreds feared buried under mudslides

Hundreds feared buried under mudslides
The number of people killed in Taiwan by Typhoon Morakot, a destructive storm that swept through East Asia last week, could triple because hundreds of people are feared trapped under mudslides, the president's office said. As of late Friday, the death toll from the typhoon was put at 121, but Ma Ying Jeou's office said the number of deaths could exceed 500. full story