According to some sources, police have since ruled him out as a suspect in the double murder, instead believing that an unknown serial killer may be responsible for the murders. The cases still remain unsolved, however. In March 2011, a skull was found one mile from where Diana's body was discovered. Investigators also looked into the possibility that their murders were connected with the murders of Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg in 1987, Robert and Dagmar Linton in 1986, and Kim Lavine and Edward Smith in 1985.Įxtra Notes: This case first aired on the Septemepisode. It is not known if the man is considered a suspect in the case. He told guests that he wanted to settle a dispute over damage that occurred to Stephen's motorcycle.
Shortly after Stephen and Ruth left the wedding reception on the night of the murders, a man arrived at the reception looking for Stephen. Suspects: Mike Riemer is considered a possible suspect in Stephen and Ruth's murders, due to the similarities between the two cases. Stephen, Ruth, and Diana's murders remain unsolved. However, police have been unable to prove if he is alive or dead. The circumstantial evidence was enough for police to issue a warrant for his arrest. Because of the cold temperatures, his father does not believe that Mike would leave his coat behind in the truck. Although they admit he had a temper, they do not believe that he would be capable of murder. However, his family and friends are convinced that he is innocent. However, as Christmas approached, the couple reconciled.ĭiana allegedly told her mother that Mike had threatened to kill her and that he would get away with it. A few weeks before her murder, Diana secured a court order, keeping Mike from seeing her. According to friends and family, she was frequently beaten by him. He apparently had a history of domestic violence. The other was that Mike himself was the serial killer. One was that an unknown serial killer had killed both couples and hidden Mike's body. Two theories emerged surrounding the cases. Both Ruth and Diana had been killed with the tube sock tied in the same knot. They were camping in the same area where Mike set his traps, just fifteen miles from where Diana's body was found. Police believed that Diana and Mike's cases were related to Stephen and Ruth's. Tests on the blood confirmed that it was human however, the blood type could not be determined. His truck, which was abandoned next to Diana's body, had blood stains on the front seat and note on the dashboard that read, "I love you, Diana." Although her mother believed that it was his handwriting, it could not be confirmed by the FBI laboratory. However, other evidence at the scene seemed to point to him being involved. Mike's family and friends believed that he was also killed. She had been stabbed seventeen times and had a tube sock tied around her neck. Two months later, Diana's body was found deep in the forest around Elbe, Washington. Mike's friends searched both the ground and the air for them, focusing on the areas where he set his traps. That weekend, an extensive search began for the couple. Mike and Diana had vanished without a trace all Crystal could tell police is that "Mommy is in the trees".
Three days later, she was identified after her photo was shown during a news broadcast and her maternal grandmother Louise recognized her. After being checked at a local hospital, she was sent to a temporary foster home. The store employees tried to find her parents, but were unsuccessful. Later that afternoon, Crystal was discovered wandering around a Tacoma department store without her parents. Mike, a trapper, also planned to check his animal traps in the area. On the morning of December 12, 1985, Diana, Mike, and their three-year-old daughter Crystal into the woods near Tacoma, Washington to look for a Christmas tree. She was found in the same woods as Stephen and Ruth. Authorities believe that their murders were connected to the murder of Diana Robertson and the disappearance of her boyfriend, Mike Riemer. A tube sock was found tied around her neck. She had been decapitated and her head was found about fifty feet away. Two months later, on October 26, her body was found near a dead-end road 1.5 miles away. Their dog was found shot to death nearby. Four days later, on August 14, he was found shot to death in his sleeping bag. After leaving there, they went camping in a forest near Tule Lake in southern Pierce County. On the night of August 10, 1985, they went to a friend's wedding reception in Tacoma. She was the single mother of four children. Real Names: Stephen Alexander Harkins and Ruth Eleanor Cooperĭetails: Twenty-seven-year-old Stephen Harkins and his forty-two-year-old girlfriend Ruth Cooper worked together at a vocational school in Tacoma, Washington.
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