Seattle police detectives converged on the block with a mobile crime lab about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, said neighbor Edward Franceschina, 74, a retiree who lives across the street from Lyne.
“I saw them doing their thing,” he said. “They came out with boxes and were here a couple of hours. I finally went to bed at 3 a.m. when they left.”
Before leaving, detectives spoke with a resident at the end of the cul-de-sac whose home is monitored with a security camera, Franceschina said.
Franceschina described Lyne as a conscientious mother and friendly neighbor whose daughters often played with other kids in the neighborhood, including his grandchildren.
“We all see each other and know each other and keep an eye out for each other,” he said of the neighborhood.
“It was just an ordinary day,” Franceschina sai. “She said hi and I said hi back, just like any other day.”
Lyne lived with her daughters in a brick-and-tan rambler with a lilac bush blooming out front. In a front window, all but one blind was pulled shut Monday.
Franceschina said he has lived in the neighborhood since 1976. Ingrid Lyne had lived across the street for about 13 years.
All three of her daughters, ranging in age from about 8 to 12, were born after Lyne moved into the house. Lyne split with the girls’ father a couple of years ago, when he moved out of the home, Franceschina said.
Lyne and her husband divorced in 2014, King County court records show.
Reached by telephone Monday, her ex-husband, Phillip Lyne, said he couldn’t discuss the matter.
When news of body parts being discovered in the recycling bin surfaced over the weekend, Franceschina said he feared the worst.
The body parts, which also included a foot, were discovered by the homeowner about 4 p.m. Saturday near 21st Avenue and East Pine Street. They were inside plastic bags, police said Monday.
The parts would have been placed in the bin late Friday or Saturday, a Seattle police spokesman said Saturday. The bin would have been emptied when recyclables were collected on the block Friday, the spokesman said.
The parts had been dumped in the bin, and police believe whatever had happened apparently did not occur in the neighborhood, the spokesman said.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office will officially determine an identity.
Seattle and Renton police served a search warrant on an undisclosed location in Renton, where evidence was recovered, police said.
A suspect — Charlton — was identified, police said. After being taken into custody, he was interviewed by Seattle homicide detectives before being booked into jail, according to police.
Another search warrant was served at an undisclosed location in Snohomish County.
Seattle Times staff reporters Jessica Lee, Mike Carter and JoNel Aleccia and news researcher Miyoko Wolf contributed to this story, which contains information from Times archives.Steve Miletich: 206-464-3302 or smiletich@seattletimes.com
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