On a sun-drenched Sunday, July 14, 1974, Janice Ann Ott, a 23-year-old female probation caseworker, decided to enjoy the weather at the bustling Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah, Washington. She rode her yellow ten-speed bicycle to the park, found a spot on the beach, and laid out her towel to sunbathe among the estimated 40,000 people who had flocked to the lake that day, many for an annual picnic hosted by Rainier Beer. Living in what she believed to be the safer, smaller community of Iss
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