Thursday, June 4 2026

Bond was denied Thursday for two Chester County teenagers accused in the murder of Jimmie Diane Paul, 59, Tuesday.

Marquaes Buchanan, 18, and Clayton Watts, 17, both faced a Magistrate Thursday morning. They both face murder and weapons possession charges.

Paul was found dead on a kitchen floor from several gunshot wounds at a home on Williamsville Church Road just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night.

Watts’ is Paul’s adopted grandson.

Investigators say the shooting was a planned attack — and say more arrests are expected.

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