Thursday, November 21, 1991
The Victims: Forty Unsolved Murders Since 1984
This is a list of 40 unsolved killings in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties since 1984, the year officials say the Green River killer stopped murdering young women in the Seattle area. Nearly all the 40 victims were women, many whose deaths resemble the deaths of the serial killer's victims - prostitutes or young, street-wise teenagers.
KING COUNTY
1. Sarah Habakangas, 17, of Virginia, found strangled Nov. 5, 1991, off Interstate 90 east of North Bend. Had been living in Tacoma and near Sea-Tac strip since arriving in Seattle area six months ago. Arrested twice in Seattle for prostitution.
2. Anna Lee Chebetnoy, 14, of Puyallup, found Sept. 17, 1991, off Highway 410 east of Enumclaw. Last seen in Puyallup. Found near where a Sumner teenager's remains discovered in 1990.
3. Remains of woman found Sept. 11, 1991, 10 miles east of Enumclaw near Highway 410. Remains were of woman with African-American characteristics. Stood 4 feet 11 inches to 5 feet 2. Was 17 to 24-years-old. Had been dead at least two years.
4. Unidentified skeletal remains, believed to be of a woman, found along the Snoqualmie River near Fall City on Sept. 6, 1991.
5. Dawn Jennings, 37, of San Juan Island, found Aug. 4, 1991, near Highway 2, five miles east of Skykomish. Police looking into possibility she did not die from foul play.
6. Unidentified skeletal remains discovered July 6, 1991 off of I-90 near North Bend. Remains are of a white woman, 14 to 22 years old, 5 feet 6 to 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed over 170 pounds. Believed to have died in May or June.
7. Marta Reeves, 37, of Bothell. Found Sept. 20, 1990, eight miles east of Enumclaw off Highway 410. Believed to have disappeared from Seattle, where she had been arrested twice for prostitution.
8. Rhonda Hanke, 22, of Portland was found alongside I-90 five miles west of Snoqualmie Pass on Dec. 27, 1989. Shot in the head.
9. Kerry Anne Walker, 15, of Renton, found Dec. 22, 1989, north of Tukwila. The Renton High School freshman was last seen Dec. 20, 1988 when mother, leaving for work, peeked in room and saw her sleeping.
10. Unidentified woman, 30 to 50 years old, found Oct. 3, 1989 in 2300 block of Airport Way South in Seattle. Possibly Native American; stood 5 feet 1 to 5 feet 4, weighed 100 to 120 pounds. Died of shotgun wounds.
11. Kimberly DeLange, 15, of Sumner found Aug. 20, 1988, east of Enumclaw off Highway 410, where Chebetnoy was found this September. Last seen at Puyallup shopping center.
12. Ophelia McGnight, 17, of Seattle. Found Feb. 6, 1988 in Montlake Park. Died of gunshot wounds.
13. Dorthea J. Presleigh, 24, found Oct. 19, 1987 at Grandview Park in South King County. Disappeared from Sea-Tac strip day before dying of multiple gunshot wounds.
14. Debbie Gonzales, 14, of Auburn found Sept. 26, 1987, in woods off Auburn-Black Diamond Highway west of Black Diamond. No obvious cause of death.
15. Rose Marie Kurran, 16, of Lynnwood. Strangled; body left in plastic bag east of Sea-Tac Airport. Liked to hitchhike. Last seen on Pacific Highway South. Found Aug. 31, 1987. Police say she was victim of serial killer.
16. Shan M. Morehouse, 15, of Auburn found March 14, 1986 in woods off Seward Park in Seattle. Died from blow to head.
17. Rose Ann Black, 25, Seattle, Student at Seattle Vocational School. Found Aug. 20, 1984, in Lake Washington, near bathhouse at 800 Lake Washington Boulevard, with throat slashed.
18. Kathleen Arita, 38, Boeing computer operator from Renton, found May 9, 1984 near Star Lake off South 272nd Way. Last seen leaving home. Died of strangulation.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY
19. Unidentified, dismembered man. Right leg found Feb. 28, 1991 in Skykomish River near Startup; scalp attached to ear and brown curly hair found March 26, 1991, off High Bridge Road in Snoqualmie River ravine southwest of Monroe; left leg found Aug. 22, 1991 on sand bar of Snohomish River five miles south of city of Snohomish.
20. Tia Hicks, 20, of Seattle. Body found April 22, 1991, in cabin cruiser parked in Mountlake Terrace on 220th Street Southwest between Highway 99 and I-5. Apparent transient who used drugs. Disappeared from Seattle.
21. Sun Nyo Lee, 36, of Bothell. Skull found March 27, 1991, southwest of Monroe near Snoqualmie River off High Bridge Road. Detectives were investigating scalp found March 26 when they came across Lee's head, believed to have been cut off.
22. Michelle Koski, 17, of Seattle. Strangled; found Aug. 25, 1990 southwest of Monroe, near intersection of Highway 522 and Echo Lake Road.
23. Robyn Kenworthy, 20, of Seattle. Nude body found Oct. 22, 1988 beneath a pile of logs off logging road two miles north of Index.
24. Jennifer Burnetto, 32, of Tacoma, found stabbed to death June 29, 1988, eight miles northeast of Index.
25. Hazel Gelnett, 66, transient also known as Jennifer James. Found strangled May 8, 1988, in woods three miles east of Gold Bar.
26. Unidentified skeletal remains of woman in teens or early 20s found Jan. 1, 1988, in Canyon Park northwest of Bothell, 600 feet south of 228th Street Southwest.
27. Jay Cook, 20, of British Columbia found Nov. 26, 1987, beneath High Bridge near Monroe. Body of girlfriend found near Alger, Skagit County.
28. Dismembered white man found June 7, 1987, two miles east of Gold Bar.
29. Molly Purdin, 21, of Kennewick, found bludgeoned to death July 7, 1985 eight miles northeast of Index.
PIERCE COUNTY
30. Tracey Wooten, 26, of Tacoma, found Aug. 15, 1990, in Tacoma north of Commencement Bay. Alleged prostitute.
31. Samontra Baker, 24, of Tacoma, found Aug. 13, 1990, in vacant lot across from Tacoma condominium. Last seen in car with two strangers. Died of stab wounds.
32. Lisa Rivas, 19, formerly of Seattle living at Fife motel when she died. Body found Jan. 9, 1989, in woods near the Fort Lewis training ground off Highway 507. Trying to shake off life of prostitution and drug abuse when killed by blows to the head.
33. Tracy Whitney, 18, of Federal Way, found Aug. 28, 1988 near Sumner floating at confluence of the Stuck and Puyallup rivers.
34. Shannon L. Pease, 15, of Tacoma. Found April 4, 1988, in field in Lakewood. Believed to have disappeared April 3, 1988, from Ponders Corner in Tacoma area.
35. Unidentified woman found March 24, 1988, along Highway 16 in Tacoma. Fully dressed, 18 to 22 years old, between 5 feet 1 and 5 feet 4. Believed of mixed race, possibly African American with Asian or Native American ancestry.
36. Jennifer Bastian, 13, of Tacoma, found Aug. 28, 1986, in Point Defiance Park, where had been riding bicycle when she disappeared Aug. 4, 1986. Police believe think she was a victim of a serial killer who also murdered Michella Welch.
37. Stephanie Louie, 18, of Auburn, found Aug. 19, 1986, in woods near Eatonville. Last seen by a family member August 1983 at an Omak rodeo. Reported missing in 1984.
38. Denise L. Sallee, 17, of Pierce County. Found partly buried in Parkland on March 29, 1986. Disappeared from Tacoma shopping-mall bowling alley Jan. 24, 1986.
39. Michella Welch, 12, of Tacoma. Disappeared March 26, 1986, while playing with younger sisters at Tacoma's Puget Park. Body found the same evening.
40. Terry L. Main, 21, of Pierce County. Found in Tacoma on Feb. 22, 1986, the same day she disappeared about 5 a.m.