118- An Unsolved Kidnapping & Murder in the City of Destiny

The History Of The Evergreen State

Charles F. Mattson, age 10, was taken from the living room of his home in Tacoma on the evening of Sunday, the 27th of December, 1936, by a masked man armed with a revolver.
After threatening the other children in the home, the kidnapper picked up Charles in his arms and fled off into the night, leaving a note demanding $28,000 in exchange for the boy's safe return.
The other children in the house were terrified.
His father, Dr. William W. Mattson, did everything he could to get in touch with the kidnapper and pay the ransom, but he was unable to achieve either of those tasks. On the 11th of January, 1937, a hunter would discover the boy's badly beaten body in a field in Snohomish County, approximately four and a half miles south of Everett.
Though every effort was made by law enforcement officials, the kidnapping and murder of Charles Mattson has never been solved, and the investigation into the case continues to be handled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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