On November 17, 2015, the body of Peter Horowitz was discovered in Lakewood, Washington. The decedent was a male who passed away from natural causes at Tacoma General Hospital. Despite efforts to locate any relatives or next of kin, the search proved unsuccessful, leaving Peter Horowitz without any known family connections to claim his remains. His body was assigned Namus ID: UCP2542.
Following standard procedures, the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office took charge of the case. The remains of Peter Horowitz were eventually sent to a rotation funeral home, and his cremains were returned to the Office. As time passed, the cremated remains of Peter Horowitz remained unclaimed for over a year.
In accordance with the policy of unclaimed remains, the staff at the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office orchestrated a respectful ceremony for Peter Horowitz. On August 30, 2017, his cremains were scattered at sea, conducted with care by the medical examiner's team. Handling the case with professionalism and dignity, the agency provided a final tribute in terms of scattering at sea, offering closure to a case that had remained unresolved in terms of familial connections.
Date Found: 11/17/2015
