The Fetting Murder Mystery Claims Another Victim
After the unsolved murder of Charlotte Fetting, the man suspected of knowing the truth is found dead in the Tacoma bay.
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James King, son-in-law of Charlotte Fetting—who was murdered in Seattle this past September—was found murdered and thrown into the bay at Tacoma on Friday night. Initially, the police suspected he had been struck with a sandbag, but further investigation revealed he had been shot with a revolver. King had been a person of interest in the Fetting case, as he had been a frequent visitor at police headquarters since the discovery of his mother-in-law's body. With King dead, authorities are now questioning if he was silenced to prevent him from revealing what he knew about the Fetting murder. A suspect, a laborer named Morrison, has been taken into custody.
“Now that George King, one of the prominent figures in the history previous to and after the Fetting murder, has joined the silent majority in a mysterious and unforeseen manner, the pertinent question arises, was he killed to keep his mouth closed?”
This case highlights the long-standing anxiety surrounding unsolved violent crimes and the public's desperation for closure, even as the details turn toward the lurid and speculative. Like many cold cases that haunt local archives, the shifting narratives here underscore how quickly public suspicion can turn from the victim to those peripherally involved.
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