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Severed Leg Identified as Missing Banker After 23 Years

3/30/2026

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A severed leg washed ashore at Salmon Creek Beach in 2022 after a family found it, later identified as Walter Karl Kinney, who had been missing since 1999.
Kinney was a former banker from Santa Rosa.
The DNA Doe Project investigated the case.
Team Leader Traci Onders noted it is rare to identify a John Doe twice.

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Story summary

A severed leg washed ashore at Salmon Creek Beach in 2022 after a family found it, later identified as Walter Karl Kinney, who had been missing since 1999.
Kinney was a former banker from Santa Rosa.
The DNA Doe Project investigated the case.
Team Leader Traci Onders noted it is rare to identify a John Doe twice.