06/16/2022
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THE LADY OF THE LAKE
On June 16, 1936, Hallie Latham, a waitress living in Port Angeles, Washington, married her third husband, a beer truck driver and well-known ladies’ man named Monty Illingworth. She had no idea on what was undoubtedly a happy day that she had just made the worst mistake of her life – or that she was soon to become a legend in death.
Hallie would have likely never been in the news if not for the discovery of her body, floating in Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park in the summer of 1940. She had been strangled, wrapped in blankets, and tied with heavy rope. But it wasn’t the method of her murder that captured the attention of the public – it was the condition of her body. Her face was unrecognizable, but her body had not decomposed. In a bizarre chemical transformation, her flesh had turned into a soap-like substance that could be scooped away like jelly.
The newspaper coverage was predictably lurid. The public was fascinated by the story, especially after the murdered woman – unidentified, at first – became known as the “Lady of the Lake.” It was the perfect name for a mystery woman found in Lake Crescent, a cold, deep lake that was known for never giving up its dead.
It didn’t take long for detectives to discover the identity of the “Lady of the Lake,” or that she had been missing since before Christmas in 1937.
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