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Originally published June 18, 2012 at 1:01 PM | Page modified June 18, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Plea deal in Renton cold case homicide
A man accused of strangling an 80-year-old woman 33 years ago in Renton acknowledge Monday he would likely be convicted of second-degree manslaughter.
The Associated Press
A man accused of strangling an 80-year-old woman 33 years ago in Renton acknowledged Monday he would likely be convicted of second-degree manslaughter.
In return for Ronald Wayne MacDonald's guilty plea, known as an Alford plea, King County prosecutors are recommending a 16-month sentence. The maximum sentence is five years.
KOMO News reports ( http://is.gd/hEpYB6) that with credit for time served MacDonald could walk free when he is sentenced in August.
Investigators say MacDonald strangled and robbed Arlene Roberts, a widow who lived alone.
The 1978 case went unsolved until last year when detectives re-analyzed latent fingerprints and matched MacDonald, who had lived near her home at the time.
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Information from: KOMO-TV, http://www.komotv.com/
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