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Seattle pet sitter, family of slain dog walker advocate for neighborhood security

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1 year ago

January 16, 2025

Pet sitter, family of slain dog walker advocate for neighborhood security

A Seattle pet sitter injured in a hit-and-run says she knew Ruth Dalton, the beloved dogwalker who was killed in a carjacking last August. She’s calling for more security cameras in neighborhoods.

SEATTLE – A hit-and-run driver is still on the loose after seriously injuring a pet sitter on Christmas Day while she was out walking her cat near Seward Park in Seattle.

The crash came on the heels of the death of another dog walker this summer, Ruth Dalton, who died alongside her dog Prince, after Seattle Police say she was carjacked and run over by Jahmed Haynes.

“I have a lot of fractures that have to heal before I can learn to walk again,” said Karen Miely, still recovering from a hit-and-run from a care facility in Seattle.

Miely was just transferred to a long-term care facility recently after spending several days in the hospital.

“The biggest milestone would probably be getting the bar out of my pelvis,” said Miely.

She was hit at an intersection near her home while walking her cat Max, also known as Maximus Rex. He escaped unharmed and ran home.

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Miely also knew Ruth Dalton, another local dogwalker and pet caretaker, who was killed last August.

“Ruth used to walk five at a time,” said Miely.

Dalton died after Jahmed Haynes allegedly carjacked her and ran her over as she was caring for several dogs.

“It’s heartbreaking what happened to that family,” said Miely.

“When I heard the story she was hit on Christmas Day, I was like ‘What the heck?’ It’s like open season on dog walkers in Seattle,” said Melanie Roberts, Ruth Dalton’s granddaughter.

Years before the homicide, Dalton was also injured by a random driver, according to her granddaughter.

“She was starting into the crosswalk, and had seen a car a couple blocks away and she thought that they would have seen her in the crosswalk and it was an elderly woman, and she did not see grandma and she hit her in the crosswalk,” said Roberts.

Roberts says Dalton suffered knee injuries.

“My grandma was fortunate that the woman that hit her in 2009, she stopped and it was an honest to God accident, to hear that Karen was hit and left was disheartening,” said Roberts.

Miely wishes more security cameras were rolling where she was hit. Roberts believes Dalton would have advocated for that.

“Almost like neighborhood watch cameras. When she saw cameras around, she felt safer,” said Roberts.

Meantime, an online fundraiser is raising money for Miely’s recovery. She hopes to be home in April.

“I’m thinking, well, that’s around my birthday, I’d like to go home and see my cat. He’s patiently, he’s just being such a good boy,” said Miely.

She says investigators told her a car part was found in the area after the crash. However, it’s unclear if it’s related. FOX 13 reached out to Seattle Police for any updates. We are waiting to hear back.

Miely is continuing to ask anyone with security camera footage from around 7 p.m. on December 25 in the area of South Orcas Street and 51st or 52nd Avenue South to check their cameras and share footage with police if they haven’t done so already.

The Source: Information in this story is from Karen Miely, Melanie Roberts and Seattle Police.

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Seattle weather: Active week ahead with rain, wind, and mountain snow

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6 hours ago

March 9, 2026

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Seattle weather: Active week ahead with rain, wind, and mountain snow

SEATTLE – An active weather pattern in western Washington this week will bring plenty of lowland rain, breezy winds and mountain snow.

Cool air setting in over western Washington will bring another chance for a rain and snow mix Tuesday morning, but there will be limited precipitation at that time.

A map showing the forecast overnight lows on Monday in Western Washington.

It will be a chilly and mainly dry Monday night in Western Washington. (FOX 13 Seattle)

TWO ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION

The upcoming stretch of weather arrives in two main waves:

Round 1: Now through Tuesday morning

Showery precipitation will move through western Washington. These showers could briefly turn heavier at times.

A Puget Sound convergence zone may develop tonight into Monday around Snohomish and King Counties, which could locally increase precipitation and snow potential for the mountains and foothills.

Round 2: Tuesday night through Friday

This is the wetter phase of the forecast. A more organized storm pattern will bring steady precipitation and heavier mountain snowfall.

MOUNTAIN SNOW IN THE CASCADES

The big weather story this week will be in the mountains. With snow levels staying mostly below pass level, the Cascades are set up for a prolonged stretch of impactful snowfall. A brief bump in the snow levels on Wednesday could allow a short period of rain at Snoqualmie Pass, but confidence is still low on how long that warmer air lasts.

A graph showing the forecasted snow levels in the Washington Cascades.

With snow levels staying mostly below pass level, the Cascades are set up for a prolonged stretch of impactful snowfall. (FOX 13 Seattle)

Several rounds of snowfall from Tuesday onward could add up to several feet of new snow in the Cascades by the end of the week. If you’re planning to travel across the Cascades, make sure your vehicle is ready for winter driving and check conditions before heading out.

A map showing the areas of a Winter Storm Warning in the Washington Cascades.

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the Northern Washington Cascades. (FOX 13 Seattle)

A map showing the areas of a Winter Weather Advisory in the Washington Cascades.

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the central and southern Washington Cascades through Tuesday afternoon. (FOX 13 Seattle)

BREEZY WIND AT TIMES

It will be breezy on and off most of the week, but the windiest period currently looks like Wednesday night into Thursday. The strongest winds are expected along the Washington Coast and in the usual northern Puget Sound areas.

Wind gusts could reach 40 to 50 mph in the Seattle area, which may lead to a few downed branches or isolated power outages.

RIVER FLOODING POTENTIAL

With persistent precipitation hitting the Olympics this week, the Skokomish River in Mason County will likely see flooding conditions as early as Wednesday and into late week, especially if heavier rainfall develops over the Olympic Peninsula.

AVALANCHE CONDITIONS

The combination of heavy snow and periods of wind in the mountains will cause avalanche danger to increase through the week.

By the middle of the week, very dangerous avalanche conditions could develop, especially in the Cascades and Olympics.

Anyone heading into the backcountry should be checking the latest avalanche forecasts and exercising extreme caution.

THE BOTTOM LINE

The next week will feel more like mid-winter again across Western Washington. While most lowland areas will mainly see rain, the mountains will be piling up snow.

The 7 day forecast for the greater Seattle area.

The next week will feel more like mid-winter again across Western Washington. While most lowland areas will mainly see rain, the mountains will be piling up snow. (FOX 13 Seattle)

SEEN FROM WEST SEATTLE: Downtown drone show

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18 hours ago

March 9, 2026

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SEEN FROM WEST SEATTLE: Downtown drone show

Thanks to Stewart L. for the photos of a drone show over the downtown waterfront tonight, as seen from Harbor Avenue. With Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, the show commemorated the 10th anniversary of the finale of the two-season Disney-produced animated series “Gravity Falls,” and the launch of a new “visual history” of the series, a book titled “The Art of Gravity Falls.”

(It was meant to be seen from the Overlook Walk on the waterfront, so the images visible from here were reversed.)

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Seattle Sounders at St. Louis City SC: community player ratings form

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March 8, 2026

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Seattle Sounders at St. Louis City SC: community player ratings form

The Seattle Sounders traveled to St. Louis on Saturday and came away 1-0 winners in a gritty performance. Soon after halftime, first half substitute Kalani Kossa-Rienzi scored the lone goal following a good counterpress from Jesús Ferreira, with calmness and composure from the goalscorer to pick his spot. The Sounders came under pressure from the hosts, but their defense was resolute throughout, turning aside repeated attacks in exactly the kind of performance you need to win on the road in MLS.

Here is a direct link to the form; we hope this allows everyone to submit a response.

Here’s the scale:
(Substitutes can be left blank if the player did not play enough to judge)
1 – Not a pro quality performance
4 – Average USL Championship starter
6 – Average MLS starter
9 – MLS All Star
10 – MLS MVP-quality performance

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