Washington State Mysteries

Washington man Jacob Hilkin disappears after night at casino with friends March 26, 2018, 4:30 PM PDT / Updated March 26, 2018, 4:30 PM PDT By Juliet Muir Twenty-four-year-old Jacob Hilkin had been working hard to turn his life around. He had moved out of his mother’s house in Everett, Washington and moved in with friends nearby. He had bought a car, and was “emotionally mature,” according to his mother Marni Pierce. 24 year-old Jacob Hilkin has not been heard from since January 23, 2018. Courtesy Snohomish County Sheriff's Office “It was all those milestone things, like, you look at as a parent and know your kid is growing up,” Marni told Dateline. “Jacob and I were incredibly close.” They were so close, according to Marni, that they leaned on each other through life’s ups and downs. When Jacob lost his job in January, he asked her if he could come home and spend some time with her to organize his next steps. “[He] doesn’t have internet at his house. So he wanted to...

Woman's body found in remote Clallam County wilderness Investigators believe the woman found in the Olympic National Forest was the victim of a homicide. CRIME Author: Eric Wilkinson Published: 5:39 PM PST February 17, 2020 Updated: 5:39 PM PST February 17, 2020 BLYN, Wash. — A woman's body was found deep in the Buckhorn Wilderness of the Olympic National Forest in Clallam County on Friday. Police aren't saying much about the discovery except that the body is that of a woman and she appears to be the victim of a homicide.  Investigators won't say how she was killed, whether she was clothed or how old she appears to be. They did tell KING 5 the woman doesn't appear to have been dead for very long. Her body was found off Forest Service Road 28 near the town of Blyn, about 25 miles southeast of Port Angeles. The area is so dense that investigators had to tie brightly colored ribbons to the trees so they could find their way through the remote roads to the crime scene. ...