Lori Anne Razpotnik was a 15-year-old girl who ran away from her home in Lewis County, Washington, in 1982 after a disagreement with her mother and never returned. Her disappearance remained unresolved until human remains found in an abandoned car on Mountain View Drive in Auburn on December 30, 1985 were linked to a series of killings being investigated by the Green River Task Force. Those remains were cataloged as Bones 17 and stayed unidentified for decades.

Following the 2001 arrest of Gary Ridgway, he later confessed to the killings of Bones 16 and Bones 17. Bones 16 was identified in 2012 as Sandra Major. In December 2023, advanced DNA analysis by Parabon Nanolabs, matched to a saliva sample from Lori’s mother and confirmed by the University of North Texas, restored the name of Bones 17 as Lori Anne Razpotnik. Ridgway had already pleaded guilty to her murder and is serving multiple life sentences without the possibility of parole.

If anyone knew Lori, saw her in Lewis County before she ran away, or has information about her movements after 1982, please share what is known.