For her doppelganger, see Laura Palmer (doppelganger). For the woman Dale Cooper believed to be Laura, see Carrie Page. ―Donna Hayward and Laura Palmer[src] Laura Palmer was the only child of Leland and Sarah Palmer and a widely beloved resident of Twin Peaks, Washington. For years, she was abused by the malicious spirit BOB inhabiting her father's body, which spiked her anxiety and caused her to develop a cocaine addiction. She was murdered by BOB in 1989 after his former associate Mike…