Case History
Blackberry pickers searching through woods, 1.5 blocks off of Emander Road on 113th Street, near Paine Field, found the woman's partially decomposed body August 14, 1977, in the woods a half-block off Emander Road in Everett.
As the body was discovered, 22-year-old David Marvin Roth was picked up by Gold Bar police on a weapons charge. An informant told police Roth had described picking up a hitchhiker days before and drinking beer with her. She told him she lived with two men. As they went into the woods, the victim resisted his advances, and he strangled her with an elastic cord and shot her in the head seven times.
Police matched slugs found in the woman's head to Roth's .22-caliber rifle. He was convicted in 1979 and sentenced to life in prison. He did not know the victim's name.

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Investigators
If you have any information about this case please contact:
Snohomish County Medical Examiner
Deborah Hollis
425-438-6200
Email
Or
Snohomish County sheriffs office
425-388-3523
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.

Agency Case #:
77-17073
ME 08SN0977

NCIC #:
U-579855433

Source Information:
Seattle PI
WASPC
The Seattle Times
UDRS