In 2007, Karen Bodine of Olympia, Washington, was thirty-seven years old. She had three children and was known as a warmhearted mother and friend.

But, early that year, the Bodine family’s lives changed forever.

On January 21, Karen was found wandering the streets in Lacey, Washington– a suburb of Olympia. A neighbor had been worried about the mom who had been walking without a coat in the freezing weather, and called the police.

But, after the officers arrived, Karen told them she was fine.

At the same time, the mom had been staying with a friend after being forced to leave home due to a domestic incident with her partner.

And the following day of January 22, Karen’s friend had some guests over to their home. The group was reportedly known to do drugs and remembered seeing the mom leave on foot at about 3:00 a.m.

After that, though, Karen was never seen alive again.

Instead, her Body was discovered on the morning of January 23 at the base of a gravel pit in Rochester, Washington– a town about thirty miles away from Karen’s home. She was found nude, with her body posed in an unnatural position.

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Upon conducting an autopsy report, medical examiners revealed that Karen’s remains did not show any signs of sexual assault.

But, her cause of death was strangulation, and authorities believe that posing the mother in such a way was an effort to shock the public.

Multiple DNA profiles were also identified on Karen’s body and sent out for testing, but the results have not been publicly shared.

And finally, four witnesses did give statements regarding vehicles that had been in the Little Rock Road area of Rochester leading up to the tragedy.

Two of the witnesses cited seeing a 1980s model of a brown Toyota or Datsun-type truck.

The two other witnesses gave the same description but remembered the vehicle as a car.

Despite authorities compiling a long list of leads and suspects, though, Karen’s case has remained cold for over fifteen years.

Detective Mickey Hamilton of the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office recently spoke with FOX 13 in January of 2021 and cited his upset over the case.

“The way they left Karen, nobody should have to suffer that kind of indignity,” Det. Hamilton said.

“And I think when you have a case that has as little evidence as this one does and has gone on as long as it has, more than one person was probably involved.”

He also believes that the perpetrator(s) were likely someone close to the mother– but cannot pinpoint a clear motive.

And while investigators are now actively pursuing DNA evidence that was recovered from the crime scene, Det. Hamilton said that any tips from the community would undoubtedly help push this case further to justice.

To learn more about Karen’s case and remain updated on its progress, you can visit the Justice For Karen Bodine Facebook page created by Karen’s daughter.

And if you have any information regarding Karen’s murder, you are encouraged to contact the Crime Stoppers of the South Sound at (800) 222-TIPS or (800) 222-8477.

Any tip can remain anonymous, and any information that leads to an arrest can result in an award of up to one thousand dollars.

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