MUS-2026-0504
Archive card
MUS-2026-0504
Homicide
- Incident
- 2007
- Indexed
- Oct 27, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Thurston County Sheriff's Office
- Location
- Rochester WA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Karen Lee Bodine, 37, a lifelong Olympia-area resident and mother of three, was found dead on the morning of January 22, 2007, beside a gravel pit on Littlerock Road Southwest in Rochester, Washington. An autopsy determined she had been strangled. The Thurston County Sheriff's Office has never made an arrest. Evidence was sent to the Washington State Crime Lab for advanced forensic testing in March 2023, and her family still holds an annual candlelight vigil at the site.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2007
On January 22, 2007, Bodine's body is found near a gravel pit on Littlerock Road Southwest; cause of death is strangulation.
- 2023
In March 2023, crime-scene evidence is sent to the Washington State Crime Lab for advanced testing.
Key people
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37, mother of three, of the Olympia area. Found dead in Rochester on January 22, 2007.
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