Home Don't Miss Unsolved Mysteries Pierce County Unsolved Mysteries in Pierce County — Recent and Historical By Steve Dunkelberger Facebook33 Tweet0 Pin0 People have committed crimes against each other since the beginning of time. Some crimes are solved — others aren’t. Occasionally, disappearances have no clues of maleficence, leaving unsolved mysteries in Pierce County for years or decades with an eternity of questions. That fact doesn’t stop the search for answers. The advent of online databases and social media, as well as the medical advancements in DNA profiling, have given new hope to families and law enforcement agencies that missing person and unsolved murder cases can one day be solved. One of the oldest unsolved murders historical researchers have rekindled efforts to solve involves the murder of Nisqually Chief Quiemuth in the fall of 1856. The Indian Wars had just ended, and Territorial Gov. Isaac Stevens wanted revenge. Quiemuth had just surrendered after his hal
News and information that tends to be scattered and overlooked. Local legends, and cases that are forgotten overlooked never given a second look thanks to a failed system of justice. Knowledge is power, and the truth is often overlooked by those in power. But the truth is what makes us free and those in power keep us enslaved.