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Shari Renae Booth, 20, vanished during a university scuba trip on May 19, 2008, near Rosario Beach and Anacortes, Washington. A freshman biology major at Walla Walla University training to be an equine veterinarian, she entered Puget Sound on a three-day advanced scuba class dive with a partner and a larger group but never resurfaced. She was wearing a black and blue two-piece Seasoft wetsuit, diving boots, fins, a dive tank, and a 20-pound diving belt.

The Coast Guard, volunteer searchers and a Navy helicopter crew searched roughly a 20-square-mile area for eight hours on the first day; searches continued into a second day before suspension because of worsening weather. No trace of Shari was found and her body was never recovered; she is presumed to have drowned. Her family later filed a wrongful-death suit against the university and the instructor; the case settled in September 2016 with no admission of liability and private terms.

Shari was remembered as outgoing, artistic and musical; memorials and scholarships were established in her name. Does anyone on the forum have information about that 2008 Rosario Beach dive or knew Shari in the scuba community?