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The It was 1988

On 188, on August 28th, Fisher fishermen Norm McDaniel and Lonnie Russell were taking advantage of the warm late-summer weather to try their luck angling in the Puyallup River. This was near Sumner in Pierce County, Washington State. Around 11 a.m., the men drove down a dirt road off State Street, parked in the well-used sandy parking area,

and arrived at the rocky river's edge, rods and beet buckets in tow.

But there they stopped short.

About 75 feet away from them,

something was partially submerged in the shallow water

on a spit of sand at the confluence of the Puyallab and Stuck Rivers,

something that didn't belong in the water. It was the nude body of a woman. Officer Pigman of the Sumner PD received the

call and drove to meet Lonnie and Norm. They led him to the area where they had found the body.

The officer could not immediately get close because the body lay across one of the river

branches and the muddy water was rushing.

The dead woman lying on a sandbar was actually outside the jurisdiction of the Sumner PD, so the Pierce County Sheriff's Department was called in,

and investigators Sergeant Steve Bisson and Deputy Pam Jordan arrived at the scene at 1244, followed closely by multiple fire department personnel.

They all gathered at the shore where Norm and Lonnie had planned to fish. This area was very

rocky, but surrounded by beautiful, verdant, tall trees. It should have been an idyllic spot.

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