BELLINGHAM, WA. – (KGMI.com) A memorial bench for the late Henry King has been installed in Boulevard Park.

 

The bench, donated by community member Fernando Gonzalez, is located along South Bay Trail between both of the park’s boardwalks.

It includes two plaques reading “In Loving Memory of Henry Howard King” and “Donated by the Loving People of Whatcom.”

Gonzalez says he organized the campaign with the hope of raising $1,500 for the bench but received over $2,200 just three hours after starting it. The extra $700 was donated towards another fund for King’s funeral arrangements.

Gonzalez says he did not know Henry King personally but felt like it was the “Bellingham thing to do.”

Bellingham Police arrested Elijah Belmont last month in connection to King’s murder in Boulevard Park on March 12th.