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Slide 9 of 9
Award of Excellence: Lost Grave
November 29, 2023

Alli Birrenkott tears up while speaking with her son, Matt on his phone at the grave of her grandmother, Olga Talbot in Seattle on November 29, 2023. Olga Talbot had been institutionalized at the Northern State Hospital for 30 years. The family had been searching for information about her for years and had no idea where her remains were until the paper digitized previously unreleased records of Northern State admissions.

Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times
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