Seattle School Librarian Murdered
Laura B. Weiss -- School Library Journal,08/03/2006
A Seattle, WA, school librarian and her daughter, both avid hikers, were found shot to death on July 11 along a trail they were hiking in a nearby national forest.
A group of other hikers discovered the bodies of Mary Cooper, 56, and her 27-year-old daughter roughly five hours after the duo had left their home for a day hike. The two were found shot along the Pinnacle Lake Trail in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. On July 20, hundreds of family and friends gathered along the hiking trail to honor the two hikers.
Three days after the murders, several dozen school children brought flowers to the Alternative Elementary II School and lingered in the media center to remember the woman students called "Mary in the Library," according to press reports.
"As you all can easily imagine, it's with breaking hearts that we as a school family, along with the Stodden family, mourn the loss of Mary Cooper," said Principal John Miner, the Seattle Times reported on July 15. "The school people will always have a place in their heart [for Cooper]," agreed fifth grader Joe Adamo, who added, "Really, if you've had somebody in your life like that, you just shouldn't let them go."
Dave Hayes of the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office told the Times that several law-enforcement agencies were searching for clues and a motive for the slayings.
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| Submitted by: | Conrad Luznar (cluznar@yahoo.com) 3/31/2009 4:08:08 PM PT |
| Location: | Seattle |
| Occupation: | McDonald's cashier |
Oh my god!!! Wahat a sick thing to say!!!
Wait, your Gareth Penn, arent you?
Just you wait, your killing days are OVER Zodiac!!!
Everyones ont you, Gutsygals talking to the FBI, and between her and Mr. Farmer and me your going don!!!
Wai, Gareth, is that someone knocking on your door?!?!:):):)
GARETH PENN IS THE ZODIAC!!!!!
| Submitted by: | Josh valker (tyleric4@yahoo.com) 3/19/2009 12:14:30 PM PT |
| Location: | utah library |
| Occupation: | student and worker |
its obious that the reason the librarian and her daughter got shot its because her mother work at the library being a bitch, not letting people chat online and looking over everyones shoulder, you see the thing is that when you annoy the wrong person, that person will eventually snap, and endup doing something horrible but necessary the killer just wanted to send a message to all mean librarians and I hope they got the message cause if they don''t then this will surely will happen again and again until they quit being so annoying. as for the daughter well she was just at the wrong place and at the wrong time with her BITCH OF A MOTHER! if the daughter had not been with the librarian lady she would still be alive today what a shame,oh well stuff happens I guess.
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