On October 12th, 2022 at approximately 6:50 P.M., Klickitat County Deputy Tony Warren received a call of a missing person who had gone swimming in a creek at Trout Lake, Washington.
The missing person was identified to be Hannah R. Walker, a white female, age 31 from Portland, Oregon. Upon investigating the missing person incident, Miss Walker’s body was found in the Trout Lake Creek where she had gone swimming.
An extensive investigation was conducted in regards to Miss Walker’s death based on Hannah Walker’s mothers’ belief that her daughter’s death was a homicide not a drowning.
The death investigation started on October 12th, 2022 and throughout 2023 with the assistance of several Klickitat County Sheriff Detectives, the Klickitat County Prosecutor/Coroner’s Office, the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office, the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory and the Washington State Attorney General’s Office.
The case has been thoroughly reviewed by my staff and me, along with the Washington State Attorney General’s cold case homicide investigators. Based on available information and evidence, it appears that Hannah Walker’s death was accidental drowning.
Though foul pay cannot be ruled out completely, there is no evidence or probable cause to believe that a crime was committed. The investigation is now closed. Should new information become available that is reasonable and substantive, it could be reopened at some point in the future.
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