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Police investigate the scene where dog walker Ruth Dalton, 80, was reported killed at Brighton Playfield, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Seattle. (Ivy Ceballo/ The Seattle Times via AP)

Police investigate the scene where dog walker Ruth Dalton, 80, was reported killed at Brighton Playfield, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Seattle. (Ivy Ceballo/ The Seattle Times via AP)

A visitor places flowers on a memorial for a beloved neighborhood dog walker, Ruth Dalton, 80, near the scene of her murder along Martin Luther King Jr. Way East, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Seattle. (Ivy Ceballo/The Seattle Times via AP)

A visitor places flowers on a memorial for a beloved neighborhood dog walker, Ruth Dalton, 80, near the scene of her murder along Martin Luther King Jr. Way East, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Seattle. (Ivy Ceballo/The Seattle Times via AP)

A visitor places flowers on a memorial for a beloved neighborhood dog walker, Ruth Dalton, 80, near the scene of her murder along Martin Luther King Jr. Way East, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Seattle. (Ivy Ceballo/ The Seattle Times via AP)

A visitor places flowers on a memorial for a beloved neighborhood dog walker, Ruth Dalton, 80, near the scene of her murder along Martin Luther King Jr. Way East, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Seattle. (Ivy Ceballo/ The Seattle Times via AP)