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| Seattle dog walker and her pet both dragged to death by carjacker |
| 2024-08-22 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Neighbors rushed to help a Seattle dog walker after she was dragged to her death by a convict during a carjacking. Ruth Dalton, 80, was viciously attacked by Jahmed Haynes, 48, near Martin Luther King Jr. Way East and Harrison Street in the Madison Valley neighborhood just before 10am on Tuesday. At the time of the violent attack, Dalton - who started her dog walking business 'Grandma's Critter Care' 35 years ago - had several dogs inside her vehicle that she had just walked at a park. It was there that Haynes, who has eight prior felonies and a history of mental health issues, pushed the elderly woman into the passenger seat, out of the car, and ran her over before driving away in her vehicle. On Wednesday, SWAT arrested Haynes at his home and found a bloody knife and keys to Dalton's car, the police said. Just five miles away, cops found the lifeless body of her dog Prince and her vehicle. Not content with murdering Dalton, Haynes had then tortured her beloved dog to death, police say. Her granddaughter explained that Dalton had started her dog walking business in 1989 to raise money to help Roberts attend a private Christian school. 'She named it Grandma's Critter Care because she would say "Well I'm Melanie's Grandma... and I take care of all the critters",' she wrote. 'And she did in the beginning... it wasn't just dogs and cats! There were birds, reptiles, and even some ferrets!' Haynes was previously convicted of hit-and-run vehicular homicide in Seattle in 1993, Fox 13 reported. He remains in jail and is expected to make his first court appearance soon. Roberts wrote: '8 prior Felony convictions..... he never should have been out on the streets.' |
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