Woman found in Woodway March 3 died of hypothermia, ‘prescription drug intoxication’

Amy Kennelly
Amy Kennelly

Amy Kennelly, the Edmonds woman whose body was found in a wooded area of Woodway March 3, died of “hypothermia with a contributing condition of prescription drug intoxication,” the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office said.

Search and rescue crews found the 48-year-old Kennelly’s body the day after she was reported missing by her family. In a statement released April 26, the medical examiner listed the official cause of death as an accident.

Police said that on the evening of March 2, Kennelly’s vehicle had pulled into a driveway in the 11000 block of Algonquin Road in Woodway and bumped into the garage door of the residence. Police responding to that incident looked for the driver, without success

The vehicle was towed and during the night, police officers made repeated unsuccessful attempts to make contact with Kennelly to find out if she was involved in the collision. At the time, police weren’t certain if she was in the car, or if she loaned the vehicle to someone, Edmonds police spokesman Sgt. Shane Hawley said.

After Kennelly’s family reported her as missing, police responded to the area where her car was found and began a foot search of the area. Snohomish County Search and Rescue also came to the scene to help search until about 10 p.m. that day. The search resumed the morning of March 3, and Kennelly’s body was found about 100 yards from where the car had crashed.

At the time of the incident, Edmonds police said they were uncertain what Kennelly was doing in the woods prior to the time her body was discovered, but did note that she lived in the Woodway area years earlier.

Hawley said that the police investigation will remain open until police receive the complete medical examiners report.

  1. One can only wonder how long she was alive right there within 100 feet or so and nobody looking………right there, until later. ……guess I wonder exactly when she passed away right there…….how long had she been alive laying there. Hopefully, the Medical Examiner will have the answers to this

  2. 100 YARDS…. that’s a lot of territory, especially in the woods. Crazy why she didn’t stay on the road instead of going into the woods. We will never know for sure. RIP Ms. Kennelly.

  3. Having read the above article, knowing that “someone” drove her car that damaged the garage, I am wondering why a K-9 had not been brought in to investigate as to where the “driver” went after existing the car. Assuming that the driver walked or ran away, the K-9 could have located the driver. If this had been the case, possibly Kennelly would have been found and saved. This has been a very unfortunate situation for Kennelly, for her family and friends.

  4. Was this investigated any farther? I was friends with Amy and I still think this doesn’t add up. I think about it a lot.

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