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Mary Cooper and Susanna Stodden were murdered two years ago while on a summer day hike. For two years the chilling case has remained unsolved, with no arrests ever made--leaving the victims' family and all of us local hikers at a loss for closure. In hopes of solving the cold case, Seattle-based Investigative Films is working on a documentary film about the murders. The documentary appears to have the blessing and cooperation of Cooper's and Stodden's family. On Monday, Dave Stodden hiked to the site of his wife and daughter's murder as part of the filming.
There's no such thing as a happy murder, but the unsolved story of Cooper and Stodden has always struck us as particularly sad and tragic. We've often wondered if the case would ever be solved, or if it would remain a mystery for the family and community forever. We sincerely hope, for the sake of us all and especially the Stodden family, that this documentary discovers something that breaks the case wide open.
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I'm pleased to read that David Stodden will be leading a team to the trail on which the bodies of his wife and daughter were found.
It is a sidetrail that branches off to the Northwest from the main trail to Pinnacle Lake, according to what Mr. Stodden told me.
For some reason, news-articles on the murders persist in stating that the bodies had been found on the trail to Pinnacle Lake. I
Investigators have not corrected the error, to my knowledge.
Nor have they speculated, to my knowledge, on the possibility that the killer or killers were criminals that the hikers, on their walk, had accidentally discovered committing a crime.
The most likely crime would have been marijuana farming on federal forestlands--which at that time were being discovered in federal forests located in California and Oregon as well as in Washington--according to reports in the Seattle Times--and even on islands in Alaska, according to other reports.