Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the death of a beloved grandmother and dog-walker.

80-year-old Ruth Dalton and her dog Prince were killed in Madison Park. On Wednesday, at 5:30 p.m. near 43rd Avenue East and Madison Street, Seattle will unveil a memorial plaque along Madison Park — near where Dalton would walk her neighbor’s dogs along the beach.

Dalton loved taking all the neighborhood dogs on walks. Friends of Dalton hope people will remember her as a kind woman and gentle soul.

“Ruth was just doing her job and doing what she loved to do when she was brutally murdered,” her friend Gina Purdy told KIRO Newsradio.

Seattle dog walker killed in August 2024

On August 20, 2024, Dalton was in her car, about to walk her dog, when suspect Jahmed Haynes allegedly killed them

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