On the afternoon of April 7, 2021, the body of 67-year-old Thomas Flood of Whidbey Island was found along a trail in Semiahmoo Park in Blaine, Washington. The Whatcom County Medical Examiner determined Flood died of multiple gunshot wounds and ruled the death a homicide. Investigators believed the park was not the location where the killing occurred.

Detectives focused on Flood’s white Ford Econoline van and obtained surveillance footage from an AM/PM in Bellingham showing a person of interest driving the van on the same day Flood’s body was discovered. The van was later recovered abandoned in Bellingham’s Fairhaven area. Public release of the images generated tips that helped piece the case together.

On April 13, 2021, deputies arrested 62-year-old Lynda Clare Mercy of Bellingham and booked her on suspicion of second-degree murder; authorities said they were not seeking other suspects. The motive and details of the relationship between Flood and Mercy were not disclosed. Does anyone have information about Thomas Flood’s movements in early April 2021 or about the van’s sightings?