Friends say Waten moved here from Haiti in 1999. He then saved money to bring his wife to America. Friends who know them well can't imagine why anyone would want to harm them.
"It's something you can't really believe," said Sontonay Clermont, a longtime friend. "They were such a quiet couple. You don't think they wouldn't have any trouble with anybody."
The couple was a member of the Peniel Hatian Baptist Church of Lake Worth.
Monday, June 22, 2015
More about that tragedy in the City yesterday
Here is the NBC5/WPTV report. Some neighbors in the community were interviewed; you can see their devastation. Here is an excerpt from the text of the story: