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Zoey Peetz

Case from Olympia, WA dated Mar 10, 2020

Victim Details

Zoey Peetz

Female

White / Caucasian

Olympia

WA

2020-03-10

4

Zoey

Peetz

06/20/2026

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On March 10, 2020, the quiet community of Olympia, Washington, was shaken by a grim discovery. The bodies of 4-year-old White female Zoey Peetz and her 34-year-old mother, Charlene Van Auken, were found on a trail in the 5700 block of Puget Beach Road Northeast. The circumstances of their deaths were immediately deemed suspicious by detectives, with all indications pointing towards a homicide. The Thurston County Coroner's Office later confirmed that both mother and daughter had died from gunsho ...
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  • https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/crime/article260632027.html
  • Olympia man found guilty of 2020 double-homicide - KIRO 7
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