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Kitsap County
*KITSAP COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE*
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October 9, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
*Medical Examiner Identifies Victims in Beach Drive Incident in Poulsbo*
The decedents from the incident on Beach Drive in Kitsap County on Oct. 7, 2025, have been identified as:
  * Richard Gaines, a 55-year-old male, and 
  * Marjorie Gaines, a 53-year-old female. 
Both with Poulsbo addresses listed.
Autopsies have been performed by the Kitsap County Medical Examiner's Office.
Cause of death for Richard is gunshot wound to the head; manner of death is suicide.
Cause of death for Marjorie is gunshot wound to the head; manner is homicide.
 
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*"Lindsey Harle, MD"*
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