disappeared while driving in the vicinity of Lake Crescent. Their whereabouts remained unknown until 2002 when their 1927 Chevrolet automobile was found over beneath the surface of Lake Crescent. Also, in 1937, a waitress named Hallie Illingworth went missing and was found three years later by local fishermen. She was apparently weighted down, and over time her restraints had decayed, allowing her corpse to float to the surface. The corpse was completely preserved by the near-freezing lake temperature. Her skin had turned into a substance described as "ivory soap," which was caused by minerals in the lake water interacting with Illingworth's body fat in a process called saponification. Her husband, Montgomery J. "Monty" Illingworth, was later convicted of the murder. He served nine years in prison until he was paroled in 1951. See also Steamboats of Lake Crescent, Washington Barnes Point Kloshe Nanitch Lookout References Sources External links Olympic National Park (National Park Service) Visiting Lake Crescent The allure of Lake Crescent never grows old Article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Evergreen Playground University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. Online museum exhibit that highlights the history of tourism on the Olympic Peninsula, including the development of the Olympic Loop Highway (U.S. Highway 101) and the Olympic National Park. Includes many images of Lake Crescent. History Around Lake Crescent, Clallam County, Washington By Andrew Craig Magnuson. Crescent Crescent Landforms of Olympic National Park Protected areas of Clallam County, Washington Crescent