Key Details: Published nearly a year after she vanished, this article covers the family breaking their public silence. It confirms that the two pillows, two bedsheets, and slippers found during community searches near the Palouse River were visually identified by her granddaughter, Paula Frazier, explicitly shifting the family's hope toward facing a homicide investigation. It also mentions a $1,000 reward offered at the time.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/mar/20/family-renews-call-for-help-in-womans/