A Routine Saturday Morning

Sharon Christine Anderson, affectionately known as "Shari," began her Saturday, December 2, 2000, with familiar plans. At 9:00 a.m., she kissed her husband goodbye and left their Stanwood, Washington, home, intending to run errands and embark on Christmas shopping at the Everett Mall. She assured her husband, John, that she would return by 4:30 p.m., as they had plans to attend a motorcycle show and dinner in Seattle that evening. 

The Unsettling Discovery

When Sharon did not return home as scheduled, concern quickly mounted. Her husband awoke from a nap around 5:30 p.m. to find she was not home and had not called. He contacted Sharon's best friend, Mary Rehberg, to see if she had any information. Mary began searching for Sharon and discovered her locked pickup truck in the Everett Mall parking lot near Mervyn's Department Store around 10:00 p.m. Inside the vehicle were Sharon's cell phone and the gun she carried for protection, but there were no signs of any purchased Christmas presents. ...Read More