Karen Bodine, 37, a mother of three, was found dead on January 22, 2007, at the entrance to a gravel pit off Littlerock Road Southwest in Rochester, Washington. A passing motorist discovered her nude body posed with her head resting on a car seat; investigators determined she had been strangled and noted ligature marks on her neck.

In the days before her death she had been evicted after a domestic dispute and was staying with a friend. She was last seen alive at a Thurston County home in the early morning hours of January 22, and a Lacey officer checked on her the day before after seeing her walking without a jacket. A witness reported seeing an early 1980s Datsun at the gravel pit about an hour before the body was found.

Detectives collected a DNA mixture from a ligature at the scene and have named several persons of interest, including the owner of the home where she was last seen. No arrests have been announced. The family has kept the case in the public eye with vigils, billboards and social media and believes early coverage hurt the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.