
Trooper S. Renee Padgett was 50 when she died on Sept. 4, 2018, after a long battle with multiple myloma, a rare cancer of the white blood cells.
During Padgett's battle with cancer, KOMO News chronicled her quest to find a bone marrow donor who might be able to save her life.
Her uniformed colleagues held donor drives in Bellevue, Olympia and Spokane. Many soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord also volunteered to see if they were a match. Padgett also received support from some unlikely allies in the Pierce County Jail, where about 40 inmates volunteered to be tested to see if they were a match.
But ultimately, Padgett lost her battle with the disease.
Padgett was a trooper for 27 years, working first in Gig Harbor, then in Bellevue where she was a wrecking-yard trooper. They inspect wrecking yards, scrap processors and hulk haulers.
After her death, a forensic review by state labor officials and the EPA determined Padgett’s cancer was caused by exposure to toxic chemicals.
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