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Memorial held for Azriel Carver's missing mother

There was mourning and missing closure in equal measure at Brinnon Community Church as family and friends of Shantina Marie "Kat" Smiley gathered on Saturday to remember her as a young woman known for "that smile" and the courage to move beyond a tough past.
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Autopsy of boy yields few clues

Thurston County sheriff's officials said Friday that they were no closer to figuring out what happened to a missing Silverdale mother and her son after an autopsy revealed the 8-year-old boy had drowned.
• Video: Police find boy's body, mom still missing
• Security Cam #1 | Security Cam #2 | AP Video
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Autopsy shows 8-year-old boy drowned

Thurston County sheriff�s officials said today they were no closer to figuring out what happened to a missing Silverdale mother and her son after an autopsy revealed the 8-year-old boy had drowned.
Belongings of missing mom, son wash up on beach

Some of the items that washed up on the shore Sunday belong to a missing Silverdale woman and her 8-year-old son, said Thurston County Sheriff's Lt. Chris Mealy.
Clues add to mystery of missing pair

A woman walking on the beach with friends Sunday found a small shoe, an inhaler and a half-full bottle of white wine that had washed up about a quarter-mile east of where a missing woman's minivan had been found on the shore that morning.
• UPDATE: Belongings of missing mom, son wash up on beach
• Security Cam #1 | Security Cam #2 | AP Video
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Possible clues found at shore near where woman, 8-year-old son disappeared

Thurston County sheriff's deputies had resumed the search for missing mother Shantina Smiley and her 8-year-old son as of Wednesday afternoon, said sheriff's Lt. Chris Mealy.
No new clues in case of missing woman, son

Dive teams continued searching Puget Sound for a missing Silverdale woman and her 8-year-old son Tuesday, and investigators took another look at their abandoned minivan, but neither effort produced new clues to the missing pair's whereabouts.
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• Van found on beach, but mom, boy gone
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Thurston County Sheriffs scaling back on search for missing woman, son

Thurston County will continue to follow up on leads for missing woman Shantina "Kat" Smiley and her son, Azriel J. Carver, but no search parties will head out today, said Thurston County Chief Criminal Deputy James Chamberlain.
Clues still scarce 3 days after woman, son went missing

Dive teams continued searching Puget Sound for a missing Silverdale woman and her 8-year-old son today, and investigators took another look at their abandoned minivan, but neither effort produced new clues to the missing pair�s whereabouts.
Few clues in search for mom, son

The mystery of what happened to a 29-year-old Silverdale woman and her 8-year-old son Saturday night began on the rocky shores of Little Fish Trap, where the minivan she was driving was discovered stuck in mud at low tide with an open side door and hatchback Sunday morning.
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