“Sauk Mountain, North Cascades, Washington” in EarthLines
The spray paint surprised me: neon orange slashes across a rocky trail crowded with glacier lilies, the season’s first flowers in the high meadows above of my house. About a half mile from the parking lot, the paint marks the end for a 54-year-old woman shot dead here last August, an incident I’d forgotten until crossing these remnants of forensic analysis. Though it’s been many months, the bright lines and directional arrows still highlight the locations of the killer and the victim, the latter located 50 yards downhill, four switchbacks from the gun. Read more
