Duwamish Head is the northernmost point in

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, jutting into

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. The

Duwamish Duwamish may refer to: * Duwamish tribe, a Native American tribe in Washington state * Duwamish River, in Washington state * ''Duwamish'' (fireboat) See also * Elliott Bay Elliott Bay is a part of the Central Basin region of Puget Sound. It is ...

called it "Low Point" or "Base of the Point" (

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: sgWudaqs). A large boulder covered with

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s once lay on the beach. The Duwamish tribe was relocated to a reservation here in 1856, which at the time was referred to as Holderness Point. From 1907 to 1913 it was the site of an amusement park,

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. Today

Alki Beach Park Alki Beach Park is a park located in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington that consists of the Elliott Bay beach between Alki Point and Duwamish Head. It has a of beachfront, and was the first public salt-water bathing beach on t ...

extends southwestward from Duwamish Head to

Alki Point Alki Point is a point jutting into Puget Sound, the westernmost landform in the West Seattle district of Seattle, Washington. Alki is the peninsular neighborhood on Alki Point. Alki was the original settlement in what was to become the city of S ...

; the area at the head is sometimes called "Anchor Park" due to the

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at the site. On June 19, 2020, two teens, utilizing the app,

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, reported finding a suitcase along the shoreline, emitting a foul odor. The

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was dispatched to the scene, and the contents of the suitcase were confirmed to be human remains. The two teens then uploaded videos of their discovery of the suitcase to the popular

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app,

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. On June 30, the remains were identified as 35-year-old Jessica Lewis, and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Austin Wenner, both determined to have died of gunshot wounds. The deaths are being investigated as a

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