The King County Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy Friday morning to determine cause of death of Jeremy Peck. His body was found on Bainbridge Island on Wednesday morning. He had been been missing since since the early morning hours of Dec. 24, 2010. The cause of his death was to be announced today but according to Cheryl Perry, spokesperson for the Peck family the cause cannot be immediately determined and an announcement must wait 8 to 10 weeks.

His identity was confirmed by both a tattoo of his initials across his back which read J.A.P. and by a shoe he was wearing the night of his disappearance.

A candlelight vigil had been planned to raise awareness about him for Sunday in West Seattle but that event will now take the form of a memorial. Plans for that are being made today, Friday, Jan. 21

The Seattle Police Department took the lead in the investigation once the body was recovered, have not yet received the official notice from the Medical Examiner's office and are waiting for the cause of death to be determined before taking any further action.

NOTE: A group of his friends gathered to pay him an unusual tribute.