In July 1940, a dark secret broke the mirror-still surface of Washington State’s Lake Crescent. At first, it seemed like nothing out of the ordinary. Yet its contrast against the water soon attracted a pair of fishermen. Motoring closer, they were shocked to find that it was actually a human hand thrusting up from the depths, reaching out as if beckoning to them.
So were the remains of Hallie Illingworth discovered three years after her tragic murder at the hands of her husband. Beyond the obvious interest aroused by any homicide, the case drew national attention for other macabre reasons. First was the eerie image that the discovery conjured up in the minds of newspaper readers; second, the fact that, through a process known as saponification, Illingworth’s body had turned…
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