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Jury rules against coroner in state trooper's cause of death

by Associated Press

KING5.com

Posted on November 10, 2009 at 5:46 PM

CHEHALIS, Wash. -- The ruling by the Lewis County corner that a former state trooper committed suicide was inaccurate and "arbitrary and capricious," a jury has concluded.

A Lewis County jury returned that decision on Tuesday regarding the death of Ronda Reynolds, The Daily News of Longview reports.
She was found shot in the head by her husband at their home in Toledo in 1998. Her mother Barbara Thompson filed the lawsuit because she believes her daughter's death was a homicide. She hoped the jury would overrule the coroner.

Corner Terry Wilson ruled the death suicide, but Thompson's team brought an array of witnesses to dispute Wilson's finding.

After the 12-member jury reached an unanimous verdict Tuesday, Wilson said "no," when asked if he would reconsider the cause of death on Reynolds' death certificate.
 

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kksquared said on November 12, 2009 at 11:24 AM

If he is letting someone get away with murder, he should be charged with aiding and abetting!

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kanajune said on November 11, 2009 at 9:52 AM

Way past time. According to just the stories that KING chose to report on, he has done a large amount of damage to the residents of Lewis county. There must be a way to recall, if the locals are irate enough.

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wizearse said on November 11, 2009 at 8:10 AM

kanajune, Yes it is. Sounds as though time to vote this guy out of office.

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kanajune said on November 11, 2009 at 7:34 AM

Is this not the very same coroner that this article was recently written about? http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2009/11/coroner_terry_wilson_accused_o.php Seems like a pattern of incompetancy here.

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