"The longer the time goes on, the less chance of survival, " said Cindi West with the King County Sheriff's Office.

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In 1983, he married Cindi Knight, his current wife.

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"Andy was a person of incredibly strong Christian faith and was prepared for the day he would be called Home to his Lord, " Griffith's wife, Cindi, said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Cindi West of the King County Sheriff's Office.

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