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Have you seen this husband and wife? They are missing, Thurston Sheriff’s Office says

Davido and Karen A. Koep are the focus of a missing persons’ investigation.
Davido and Karen A. Koep are the focus of a missing persons’ investigation. Courtesy

The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a husband and wife who have been missing since Monday.

On Monday, deputies were dispatched to a home in the Lake Forest neighborhood to do a welfare check on the wife who had not shown up for work, Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Brooks said Wednesday. The neighborhood is between Long Lake and Marvin Road.

Deputies then discovered that both husband and wife were missing. Their vehicle also was missing, but was later found at 67th Avenue Southeast at Rainier Road.

The Sheriff’s Office is calling the circumstances surrounding their disappearance “suspicious.”

The woman has been identified as Karen A. Koep, while the man is identified by a single name, “Davido.” He is described as 6 feel tall and 180 pounds. She is 5-foot-4 and 115 pounds.

The Sheriff’s Office acknowledged in a news release that they don’t have many details.

Anyone with information about their disappearance is asked to contact detectives at detectives@co.thurston.wa.us or by calling the non-emergency dispatch line at 360-704-2740.

This story was originally published November 15, 2023 at 10:49 AM.

Rolf Boone
The Olympian
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