Documentary now underway: Coroner hopes for closure in 1981 cold case

County Coroner Peter Martin has seen a lot in his years as coroner. He has witnessed families in distressing times and seen several crime scenes. The case that still haunts him, though, happened 36 years ago.

Martin had been serving as coroner for just four months when, in July of 1981, a dismembered body was discovered in the Snake River. The body was determined to be Kristin Noelle David. She had disappeared on a bike ride from Moscow to Lewiston on June 26, 1981. The University of Idaho student was 22.

“It was the most horrific homicide I've seen in my whole tenure as coroner,” said Martin....