"Rochester mourns today for the loss of Royce King. Police announced him dead yesterday, after months of searching. A service will be held Tuesday, January Second. Expected to attend are his family and the family of his deceased fiancee Rosalie Lillian Hale. Ms. Hale met her death two months before her beloveds. A body has not been found for either. It is feared that the killer may have a grudge against Rochester's finest. Colleauges of Royce and Rosalie's a reported strange happenings over the past two months, shorty after the disapearence of Miss. Hale. It was said by a friend of the Halesand Kings that 'the world seems like a darker place now that Miss. Hale's and Mr. King's beauty do not grace this earth."
- The New York Times 1993