This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Robert Lee Parker, a black man who was convicted of the murders of two women who lived on the same cul-de-sac in Shoreline, Washington. After he murdered them, he set their apartments on fire in a futile attempt to destroy evidence.
This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.
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Footnotes:
Articles/Websites
CaseMine. (12-23-2002). State v. Parker, 44463-8-I. Retrieved 05/04/2024 from https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914b856add7b0493478488f
Guy Breau’s Space. (07/03/2021). Renee Powell and Barbara Walsh’s murderer Robert Parker Found Guilty Of Killing Both Women In Shoreline. Retrieved 05/04/2024 from https://cher19994861.wordpress.com/2021/07/03/renee-powell-and-barbara-walshs-murderer-robert-parker-found-guilty-of-killing-both-women-in-shoreline/
The Associated Press. (11/10/1996). Man faces murder charge in two Shoreline killings. The Bellingham Herald. Retrieved 05/05/2024 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/770966478/
Fitten, Ronald K. (11/09/1996). Man Accused In 2 Killings Could Face Death Penalty — Shoreline Women Slain A Month Apart. The Seattle Times. Retrieved 05/04/2024 from https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19961109&slug=2358758
Fitten, Ronald K. (03/08/1999). Parker Won’t Get The Death Penalty. The Seattle Times. Retrieved 05/07/2024 from https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19990308&slug=2948281
History
Wikipedia. (03/23/2024). Shoreline, Washington. Retrieved 05/03/2024 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreline,_Washington
City of Shoreline Washington. (n.d.). Shoreline History. Retrieved 05/06/2024 from https://www.shorelinewa.gov/our-city/about-shoreline/shoreline-history
American Library Association. (n.d.). Indigenous Tribes of Seattle and Washington. Retrieved 05/06/2024 from https://www.ala.org/aboutala/indigenous-tribes-seattle-and-washington
University of Washington. (n.d.). Segregated Seattle. Civil Rights and Labor History Project. Retrieved 05/06/2024 from https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/segregated.htm
Seattle.gov. (n.d.). Brief History of Seattle. Retrieved 05/07/2024 from https://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/seattle-facts/brief-history-of-seattle
Books
Schlesinger, Louis B. (Editor). (2000). In Serial Offenders: Current Thought, Recent Findings (p. 126-132). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Video
S13E34: Forensic Files: Sign of the Crime
S4E12: Nightmare Next Door: Double Murder Inferno
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