SEATTLE -- When Pamela Almli set out for a hike on a popular trail north of Seattle, she may not have been aware that bear hunting season had begun the day before.

And it's unlikely the 54-year-old from Oso, heard the gun go off when a 14-year-old hunter fatally shot her as she bent over to retrieve something from her backpack.

The Aug. 2 accident was a rarity in Washington -- Alml...

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