The Brief
- On episode 10 of ‘Seattle News Weekly,’ David Rose and Lauren Donovan discuss a 2006 cold case that has haunted Snohomish County for nearly 20 years.
- Both Rose and Donovan have followed the case closely in their FOX 13 Seattle journalism careers, and discuss the process of investigating a story like this, along with the emotional impact it has on the community.
- They talk about David Stodden, the husband and father of the two victims, how he was a person of interest in the case for nearly a decade and the heartache he still feels nearly 20 years later.
SEATTLE – A cold case in Snohomish County has haunted the community for nearly twenty years. On a Tuesday in July 2006, Mary Cooper and her daughter, Susanna Stodden, were murdered at the end of their hike on the Pinnacle Lake Trail off the Mountain Loop Highway.
On the tenth episode of the ‘Seattle News Weekly’ podcast, David Rose sits down with reporter Lauren Donovan, to discuss the case. Both Rose and Donovan have closely followed the case in their Seattle journalism careers and have worked directly with Snohomish County law enforcement to learn as much as they can about both the case itself, and the process that goes into working with such a sensitive cold case.
Donovan begins the podcast by laying out the scene of the crime: The women were at a natural resting spot on the trail, a spot where one would pull over for a sip of water or grab a bite to eat. Then, they were both found shot to death.
Rose began his FOX 13 Seattle journalism journey in 2007, a year after the murders took place.…