On the evening of March 30, 2015, 46-year-old taxi driver LisaMarie Eason was found dead inside her running burgundy Mert’s Taxi van after it had rolled into some shrubs near Montgomery Street in Mount Vernon, Washington. Police responded to a weapons offense call around 9:41 p.m.; Eason had an apparent gunshot wound to the head. She had been working her shift and was described by family as a caring, generous single mother of two who was relatively new to the job.

Witnesses reported hearing a noise like a gunshot and saw a man fleeing from the taxi, described as dark-skinned, with long black hair and a beard, wearing a black jacket and jeans and carrying a backpack. Security footage showed a man matching that description entering the taxi after being screened at Swinomish Casino security, where he gave the name Solomona Fatu Luteru.

Two cell phones left in the stolen Camry pinged at a Lakewood gas station the next morning; Lakewood police located the vehicle and arrested Luteru about 100 miles from Mount Vernon. The carjacking victim later identified Luteru in a photo lineup, and he was charged with murder and robbery in connection with Eason’s death. Was anyone in Mount Vernon that night aware of a man matching this description or of unusual activity near the casino or riverfront?