Reading varied Stl news sites, all say the same. She hasn't been found, is still an open "missing person" case. She may have committed suicide, left some note. She is just...missing, maybe dead. I feel very sad for her family.
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/crime/2009/03/06/state_patrol_no_foul_play_in_w.htmlMarch 6, 2009 2:01 PM
State Patrol: No foul play in woman's disappearance
Posted by John de Leon
-- From Times staff reporter Jack Broom:
The State Patrol today said it has found no indication of criminal activity in the January disappearance of a Bellevue woman whose van was found abandoned on a Seattle-Bainbridge ferry.
Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz, 45, disappeared Jan. 13. Her van was found aboard the ferry Puyallup after its 10:55 p.m. sailing from Seattle to Bainbridge Island, and some of her belongings were found on an upper deck.
Stafford-Yilmaz's husband has told his wife's colleagues that based on a note his wife left behind, the family believes she committed suicide. State Patrol officials say the case hasn't been officially labeled a suicide, and remains an open missing-person case.
Earlier, there was speculation that Stafford-Yilmaz may not have actually been on the ferry, but today's announcement said witnesses identified her as a woman who was a passenger aboard the boat. Investigators have found no indication that she got off the ferry on Bainbridge Island or Seattle, according to the State Patrol.
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18873152/detail.html#-Investigators have found no sign of foul play in the case of a Bellevue woman who disappeared after boarding a ferry to Bainbridge Island in January.
The State Patrol said it completed its investigation into the disappearance of Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz, and that there is "no indication of any criminal activity."
The 45-year-old woman's van was found unattended on a ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island on Jan. 13. Ferry workers found Stafford-Yilmaz's purse and other belongings on the ferry's upper deck.
Later that month, in a letter to Bellevue Community College where Stafford-Yilmaz taught English as a second language, her husband said "Evidence indicates that Lynn decided to end her life." Mustafa Yilmaz went on to mention a note his wife left behind but did not disclose what it said.