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In the cold of a Pacific Northwest winter, the life of 24-year-old Melinda L. Mercer, a White/Caucasian female, came to a tragic and violent end. On December 7, 1997, her nude body was discovered discarded in a vacant lot among blackberry bushes in Tacoma, Washington, a place often used as a dumping ground. The night before, on December 6, she was last seen leaving a tavern in Seattle. Struggling with a heroin addiction, she had recently turned to prostitution to support her habit and had intend ...
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