92: MURDER: Donna O'Steen

Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On the morning of November 8, 2001, 53-year-old Donna O’Steen was found murdered inside her home in Seattle. She had been bound with duct tape and stabbed multiple times. There were signs of a robbery—but it wasn’t clear if that was the real motive. There were no signs of forced entry, only a few random items were missing, and the killer had brought their own knife and duct tape.

That raised a troubling question: had someone wanted Donna dead? But her family and friends couldn’t think of a single person who would want to hurt her. She had no enemies, no history of conflict, and no known threats.

More than two decades later, her murder remains unsolved. And her family is still asking the same question: who would want Donna dead?

Donna O’Steen was found murdered in her home in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle on the morning of November 8, 2001. She had been bound with duct tape and stabbed multiple times. There were signs of a ransacked bedroom, but only a few seemingly random items were taken. Despite sketches of two persons of interest and ongoing efforts by her family, Donna’s killer has never been identified.

Anyone with information about Donna’s murder is asked to call the Seattle Police Department tip line at 206-233-5000.

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