On a summer day in 1985, Ruth Cooper, a 42-year-old Caucasian woman, and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Steven Harkins, embarked on a weekend camping trip to Tule Lake in Pierce County, Washington. The couple, who both worked at a vocational school in Tacoma, left on August 10th. When neither returned to work the following Monday, their families grew concerned and reported them missing.
The initial search for the missing couple came to a grim conclusion four days later, on August 14th. Hikers
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