Patricia "Patti" Krieger
65 year old Skagit County, Washington resident, Patricia "Patti" Krieger reportedly went missing on Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 while hiking on Sauk Mountain
She was with her beloved dog, Bear, who is described as a 100lb Rottweiler.
She went with her boyfriend, Larry Pressley, and five people who are described as friends/family, to scatter ashes of Larry's parents that passed away a few weeks earlier.
According to Pressley and their companions Krieger became very emotional.
She and her dog separated from their group and started down the wrong trail.
Accounts vary at this point.
At any rate Krieger and Bear took a different trail and the companions assumed they'd all meet at the trailhead on the base of the mountain, so they continued on their way.
Once they reached the trailhead they quickly realized Krieger was not there, nor coming down any of the incoming trails.
After Learning that their 65 year old Friend, Patti Krieger, had not made it back to the trail head, the hikers Patti was with decided not to wait for her and instead, left the mountain.
Larry Pressley went with some of the other hikers to a local gas station and bought burritos and beer.
Some of the other hikers went to a local supermarket and went grocery shopping.
4 hours later, Larry and some of his friends went back to Sauk Mountain and at that time, reported Patti missing.
They pretended to be her family, so her actual family was not notified at that time.
According to her son he was not alerted to her missing status until the next day, a Sunday, when she didn't show up for her job.
She had worked for Fred Meyer's for thirty years and when she was absent her boss immediately called her and then her son.
Her son after not being able to contact his mother went to file a police report and found that one had already been opened the day before.
Patti Krieger and Bear were officially missing.
Within 48hrs search teams for four counties arrived and by foot searched the mountain and trails with no results.
The day after a helicopter search was started using thermal imaging with no results.
Search and Rescue dogs were used at some point within the first 48hrs.
They hit on the parking lot and on the main trail, which lead Police to believe she had in fact gotten off the mountain, perhaps after her group had left.
By 10/4 the police had officially stated they did not believe she was on the mountain.
They found that Krieger had no personal items on her except her hearing aids.
Various members of the group turned out to have her personal items such as Driver's license, wallet, and car keys.
Her cellphone was later found to be at Pressley's house in possession of a friend.
26 days after she disappears Bear is found in poor condition, malnourished and emaciated in the area of Sauk Mountain.
After her dog was found, police changed their theory, believing that she may not have left the mountain.
Her son, friends, and family of Krieger believe that she is deceased and still regularly search the mountain for her remains.
Pressley is a felon, K5 News states that he had been sentenced previously for "child rape, drive by shooting, and assualt on police officers".
We do know that he is one of the last people to see Krieger alive.
Krieger's son, Alan Patterson, stated that two days after Krieger had gone missing he was aiding in the search when along Sauk Mountain Road (not the trail) he encountered Pressley, who thus far had not aided in the search of Krieger.
He claimed Pressley was acting suspiciously.
Larry Pressley has been very non-cooperative with the family; he was very upset when they started a Facebook page after her disappearance and confronted the family about it, when he found out a longtime friend/coworker of Krieger was running it he confronted him as well.
He was also seen many times driving Krieger's luxury vehicles around town as opposed to his own vehicle.
The family was having a court dispute over their rights to Krieger's house and belongings.
Pressley decided to vacate the house.
When the family finally gained entrance, Krieger's house and belongings were "trashed".
Titles to her cars were left out on kitchen counters, her safe and safety deposit box had been opened and rifled through with items missing.
The family moved Krieger's vehicles to another location where they were involved in a drive-by shooting, they believe Pressley to be behind this.
Less than a year after Krieger's disappearance Pressley was married to another woman.
He is currently serving ten years in prison for charges unrelated to Krieger's disappearance.
A relative of Pressley was given Krieger's show-model Nova after her disappearance.
Supposedly the relative has referred to the vehicle as "hush money".
A girlfriend to the above relative gave conflicting stories to the police her after Krieger's disappearance.
She broke up with the relative shortly after Krieger's disappearance, and committed suicide in 2013, leaving behind a child.
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