A statewide alert is out for a 32-year-old woman who walked away from a Capitol Hill residence Thursday evening and hasn't been seen since. Morgan Davis was last seen at 6:40 p.m. leaving a home in the 200 block of Broadway in Seattle, according to an Endangered Missing Person Advisory issued early Friday. Investigators say she was on foot but may be using public transportation, is unfamiliar with the area, and is unable to return without assistance.
The advisory was activated by the Washington State Patrol on behalf of the Seattle Police Department, according to WSP Missing Person Alerts. Davis is described as 5-foot-4 and 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white tank top blouse, blue or black sweatpants, and white shoes with pink soles. The case is being handled by SPD under case number 2026-231723.
Under Washington law, an Endangered Missing Person Advisory can only be issued when someone disappears under unexplained, involuntary, or suspicious circumstances and is believed to be in danger because of age, health, disability, weather, or an inability to get back to safety on their own, per the Washington State Legislature. That threshold is notably higher than a routine missing person report, and the designation signals that investigators believe Davis meets that standard of risk.
Why Capitol Hill's Broadway Corridor Matters to the Search
The stretch of Broadway where Davis was last seen sits at one of Seattle's busiest transit junctions, with direct access to Link Light Rail at Capitol Hill Station, the First Hill Streetcar, and multiple King County Metro bus routes, according to Sound Transit. The streetcar line alone runs directly along Broadway with 10 stops connecting Capitol Hill to First Hill, Yesler Terrace, Little Saigon, the Chinatown-International District, and Pioneer Square, per the city transportation department's route details. That web of options is central to why police flagged that Davis, who is described as unfamiliar with the area, could end up far from where she was last seen if she boarded transit on her own.
The block also sits next to Seattle Central College, a campus that generates heavy daily foot traffic along Broadway. That pedestrian density could work in investigators' favor, since a large volume of passersby raises the odds that someone crossed paths with Davis as she left the area on foot.
How the Alert System and Local Investigation Fit Together
The 200 block of Broadway falls within the patrol jurisdiction of the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct, which covers Capitol Hill and surrounding eastern neighborhoods and can be reached for non-emergency reports at 206-625-5011. While the Washington State Patrol's Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit serves as the statewide clearinghouse that generates alerts and posters, primary investigative authority for Davis's case remains with SPD. State law also requires local agencies to file an official report and enter a missing person's details into the state database within six hours of notification, and state guidelines are explicit that there is no mandatory waiting period before reporting someone missing to 911 or local police.
Alerts like the one issued for Davis remain relatively rare statewide. In 2021, the Washington State Patrol's Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit assisted local agencies with just two Endangered Missing Person Alerts, compared with 50 Silver Alerts and nine Amber Alerts that same year. Washington has continued to expand its alert programs in recent years, having launched the nation's first Missing Indigenous Person Alert in July 2022 and considered further additions such as the proposed Purple Alert.
Anyone who spots Davis is asked to call 911 immediately. Open questions remain, including whether investigators believe she has already used transit to leave Capitol Hill and what specific health or physical factors prompted the endangered designation, details that have not been made public as the search continues.
