Woman’s slaying stumps deputies
Published 9:00 pm Thursday, December 11, 2003
CAMANO ISLAND — Police want to hear from anyone who might have seen or talked to Tamara M. Mattson before her body was found at Camano Island State Park this week.
"We are relying on the public to provide additional leads because we are stymied," Island County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Smith said Thursday. "We feel a number of people were bound to have had contact with her, especially in the Everett area."
A $1,000 reward is being offered through Crime Stoppers for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed the mother of seven.
Mattson, 39, has lived and worked in Snohomish and north King counties, including Marysville, Lake Stevens, Everett and Kirkland. Police believe she might have been visiting the Stanwood area in the past several weeks.
Mattson had used various last names, including Bergman, Chism and Flowers. Sometimes she was called Tammy, according to the sheriff’s office.
She was slender with a muscular build. She sometimes wore her sandy brown, medium-length hair with frosted tips or blond streaks. She had hazel eyes, and there were two prominent moles on the right side of her neck.
Mattson was wearing a dark-colored top and pants. She had a solid turquoise band on her left finger and a silver link bracelet on her left wrist.
She didn’t have any identification with her.
Mattson was found late Tuesday morning lying on a trail near Lowell Point Road off the main entrance and parking lot to the park. Police believe Mattson was not killed where she was found.
Mattson had traumatic injuries to her neck and head. She died sometime between Monday and Tuesday, according to the sheriff’s office.
Anyone with information is asked to call 360-679-9583.
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