Renton Reporter, November 13, 2015

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SOMETHING FISHY? | Sockeye numbers are down this year in the Cedar River. [3]

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Nick of Time | Renton firefighters screened the hearts of 243 Renton High School students last week. [Page 5]

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Man in serious condition after Sunday shooting BY BRIAN BECKLEY bbeckley@rentinreporter.com

Honoring their service

Members of the American Legion Fred Hancock Post No. 19 salute as the honor guard fires off a round in honor of Veterans Day Wednesday at the memorial behind the Renton Senior Activity Center. BRIAN BECKLEY, Renton Reporter

A 21-year-old man is in serious condition after a shooting early Sunday morning in a parking lot on Southwest Langston Drive. According to police, the man is not cooperating with the investigation. Officers responded to the scene in the 200 block of South Langston Drive at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday morning. They found the 21-year-old victim slumped over some bushes with a gunshot wound in his abdomen. The victim’s 17-year-old girlfriend initially told officers that two unknown black males approached the victim’s car and attempted to sell them marijuana. When the victim declined, one of the suspects allegedly opened fire on the car and then fled. The girlfriend would not provide any other details. When police contacted the victim, he was unable to provide any information about the incident. He has since told detectives he does not want to cooperate with the investigation. The victim was taken to Harborview Medical Center and was listed in serious condition. If you have any information about the incident, call Renton Police at 425-430-7500 and reference case No. 15-12963.

Twenty years later, a double homicide still goes unsolved BY BRIAN BECKLEY bbeckley@rentonreporter.com

By all accounts, Elizabeth Watkins was getting her life back together. She had a new place, a new job and new friends within a church community that was helping the single mother from California get back on her feet. Which is what made it so hard when 20 years last week, Watkins and her 3-year-old daughter

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Nicole were found beaten to death in their apartment in the Highlands. The crime still shocks those who knew her and the detective assigned to the cold case still unsolved two decades later. “She just was the most kind wonderful person,” said Barbara, a family friend who had the misfortune of finding their bodies after the murder. Barbara has asked that her last name not be used. “She was trying really hard to get on her feet and make something of herself.” “She wasn’t someone who was on anyone’s radar,” said Detective Pete Montemayor, the Renton detective assigned to the case. [ more COLD CASE page 13 ]

Elizabeth and Nicole Watkins were found dead in their Highlands apartment 20 years ago this month in what appears to be a random killing that is proving a difficult case to solve. COURTESY PHOTO

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Elizabeth and Nicole Watkins were killed Nov. 3, 1995, and there are still no answers


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