Detectives keep pursuing leads in hikers' deaths

The slayings of Susanna Stodden and her mother, Mary Cooper, drew national attention when their bodies were found on a hiking trail in a remote part of eastern Snohomish County.

But today, more than five months later, the case has turned up few answers — and no suspects.

Snohomish County detectives received hundreds of tips and spent days collecting evidence in the woods near Pinnacle Lake, where the women were found dead July 11.

Stodden, 27, and Cooper, 56, were shot along a popular hiking trail near Mount Pilchuck.

"We're still actively pursuing leads," Sheriff's Office spokesman Rich Niebusch said. The Sheriff's Office is asking the public for any tips that might help it identify the killer, and an outdoors group and Crimestoppers are offering a $26,000 reward for information that solves the case.

FBI criminal profilers also are involved.

David Stodden, Cooper's husband and Stodden's father, has produced detailed maps of the area showing possible escape routes the killer could have taken. Stodden also agreed to take a lie-detector test.