MARBLEMOUNT, Wash. — Human remains found earlier this month near Concrete have been confirmed as those of a Marblemount man missing since 2014.
32-year-old Edgar James Robinette was last seen alive around January 4, 2014.
The cause and manner of death are pending, but law enforcement previously suspected foul play in Robinette’s disappearance.
The Skagit Valley Herald reported Steven Gest was arrested in 2014 and charged under a magistrate’s warrant in Skagit County District Court with one count of manslaughter and one count of assault in Robinette’s disappearance.
However, official charges were never filed.
Gest died in 2015.