Murder at Longmire Remains Unsolved After Seven Years...

     by Dixie A. Walter          
     October 6, 2003

      Sheila Kearns  went to dinner in the staff dining room at the Longmire Inn in Mount Rainier National Park October 5, 1996. She ate her meal, walked out of the building and vanished for seven months. A small part of her remains were eventually  recovered from the old Longmire Campground, the area where it's believe she may have been killed. Other theories include abduction, taking her away  while alive, killing her and bringing her body back to the area when the searches were finished. If this were true it would imply her killer was someone who had access to the park and/or inside information about the searches.
     The FBI was brought into the case because Sheila disappeared in a national park. Recently the FBI named Sheila Kearns' case closed, a cold case. The person who killed Sheila is still out there. Perhaps not in our area, but perhaps in our area. There were dog teams brought into search for Sheila and they couldn't find the victim  Her remains weren't found for seven months. The FBI forensic experts determined Sheila had been stabbed at least three times.
      Sheila was employed by Guest Services, Inc. Mount Rainier's long time concessionaire. There is a $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer(s) - please contact the FBI in Seattle - 206.622.0460.

Olive Kearns - Sheila's Mother

As the mother of pregnant Laci Peterson said, "No mother should ever have to wonder how her daughter was murdered." Olive Kearns and the rest of Sheila's family and vast number of friends have wondered about her disappearance and brutal, unsolved murder every day for seven years. 

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