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UNSOLVED SUSPICIOUS DEATH: AUTUMN STONE

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When a young mother discovers a shocking secret about her fiancé weeks before their wedding, her life is turned upside down. Her death soon follows, and experts struggle to determine whether it’s a homicide or an unlikely suicide in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Autumn Lee Stone was 23-years-old when she died under mysterious circumstances in August of 2019. Days prior to her death, she’d called off her wedding after learning a gut-wrenching secret her fiancé had kept from her. In this family photo, she smiles while trying on a wedding dress (photo by Kjersty Rusch).
This image from Google Maps shows Seattle’s Green Lake Park, where Autumn was found deceased in the water. The blue star (right) shows the approximate area of the park where Autumn parked her car. The red star (left) shows the approximate area of the park where Autumn’s body was found floating near the shore. I
Autumn gave birth to her second son shortly before her mysterious death. In this family photo, she smiles in the maternity ward along with her mother, then-fiancé and newborn. Photo by Kjersty Rusch.
This satellite image from Google Maps shows Seattle’s Green Lake Park, where Autumn was found dead in the water. The green star (right) shows the approximate area of the park where Autumn parked her car. The red star (left) shows the approximate area of the park where Autumn’s body was found floating near the shore.
Pictured: Autumn’s final journal entry, in which she expressed hope for the future. Image source: family photo.
Autumn was a kind, empathetic and caring person who deeply loved being a mother to her two sons. Image source: family photo.

Sources used to research this episode:

Undetermined: A Suspicous Death at Seattle’s Green Lake and an Investigation’s Limit (Daniel Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

Seattle Police Dept. Investigative Report 2019-324146: Death of Autumn Lee StoneDownload

Father Accused of Assaulting 5-Week-Old Girl (Erik Stevick / Herald Net)

Father Sentenced to 5 Years for Abuse of Baby (Diana Hefley / Herald Net)

Family Searches for Answers in the Death of Autumn Stone (Siemny Kim / Kiro 7 News)

Autumn Stone’s Death in 2019 Was Ruled a Suicide. Her Family Still Believes it Was Something More (Madison Wade, Mia Hunt / King5 News)

The Arterial Supply to the Central Nervous System (TeachMeAnatomy.info)

Examining the Intersections between Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence (Alessandra Guedes, MA MSc and Christopher Mikton, PhD)

Suicidal Ligature Strangulation Without A Knot–A Case Report (Kumar Pmv, Ahmed N and Anand Rayamane / Science & Justice)*

Washington Courts

*Warning: Graphic medical / autopsy imagery.

If you have any information about the death of Autumn Lee Stone, please contact the Seattle Police Department at (206) 625-5011.

4 responses to “UNSOLVED SUSPICIOUS DEATH: AUTUMN STONE”

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    James Stone

    Thank you for you’re incite full podcast. You ask some of the same questions we do. On behalf of Autumns family thank you.
    Autumns Father

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      James Stone

      Correction insightful 🙂

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      Mr Stone,

      I’m so sorry for your loss. I can only imagine how painful it must be not only to experience the death of a child, but to be uncertain about how it even occurred. I sincerely hope that answers regarding Autumn’s death will be forthcoming in the future.

      Thank you for stopping by.

      Leah

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    Jenn

    Just a possibility that crossed my mind as listening. Is it possible the person who did this used their shoes laces and then stole her shoelaces for their shoes. She might not have noticed the person didn’t have shoelaces. Just a thought that crossed my mind.

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