On April 20, 1971, six-year-old Bradley Lyons and his six-year-old friend Scott Andrews were last seen playing near Lyons’ home in Renton, Washington around 11:15 a.m. A search began when the boys did not return, and their bodies were found two days later in a wooded area about two miles from where they were last seen. Both children had been beaten in the face; Bradley had been strangled with a ligature and Scott suffered multiple stab wounds to the chest.

Investigators recovered a blood-stained hunting knife near the scene engraved with the name Tom Evenson; tracing its ownership led to a chain of custody that ended with 18-year-old Renton resident Gary Gene Grant. Footprints at the scene matched the tennis shoes Grant was wearing when arrested, and he initially claimed amnesia before confessing to the murders of Bradley and Scott and to two earlier killings. Grant was tried beginning August 12, 1971, found sane but emotionally unstable, convicted on all counts on August 25, 1971, and given four consecutive life terms without parole.

Did anyone in Renton at the time have information about the boys’ activities that morning or about movements near the woods two miles from their neighborhood?