Jury Finds Rick Riffe Guilty on All Counts
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Timeline of a $1 Tragedy: The Early Week Edition Maurin Murders Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 / Main 16 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com 1985 Maurin Murders Justice at Last Jury Finds Rick Riffe Guilty on All Counts Pete Caster / [email protected] Above: Lewis County Sherif's Oice Detective Bruce Kimsey, left, hugs Dennis Hadaller after a jury found Rick Rife guilty of all counts in Lewis County Superior Court on Monday afternoon at the Lewis County Law and Justice Center in Chehalis. Hadaller was the son of Minnie Maurin, who, along with her husband, Ed, were murdered by Rife in December of 1985. Hadaller has spent much of the last two decades keeping the cold case relevant. Kimsey was the lead detective on the case for the past eight years. Top Right: Rick Rife enters a Lewis County Superior Court room prior to a verdict being read in his six-week double-homicide trial on Monday afternoon at the Lewis County Law and Justice Center in Chehalis. GUILTY: Jury Finds Rick Riffe Guilty of Seven Felony Counts in Relation to the Slayings of Ed and Minnie Maurin, Including Ed Maurin Minnie Maurin Murder, Kidnapping, murdered in murdered in Robbery and Burglary 1985 1985 By Stephanie Schendel As the judge read verdict af- [email protected] ter verdict, Riffe remained emo- A jury found Rick Riffe tionless, as he had throughout guilty for the 1985 kidnapping, most of the six-week trial. robbery and murders of Ethel Riffe’s long-time girlfriend, residents Ed and Minnie Mau- Sherry Tibbetts, who sat two rin after a day and a half of de- rows behind the defendant, liberations Monday. cried as the judge read the deci- As Judge Richard Brosey sion. Tibbetts and her son, Jere- read the verdicts aloud to a si- my Kern, who attended the trial lent courtroom filled with local every day, left the courtroom law enforcement officials, at- immediately after corrections officers handcuffed Riffe and Rick Rife's long-time girlfriend Sherry Tibbetts reacts to the jury's guilty verdict in Rife's double-homicide trial in Lewis torneys and family and friends County Superior Court on Monday afternoon at the Lewis County Law and Justice Center. of the Maurins, many people escorted him out of the room. began to cry. Kern declined to comment to The jury found the 55-year- The Chronicle. County Prosecutor Jonathan old former Alaska man guilty of Riffe’s Seattle-based attorney, Meyer, Detective Bruce Kimsey all seven counts, including two John Crowley, was not present at and Deputy Prosecutor Will counts of first-degree murder, the hearing, as he was unavail- Halstead. “He never gave up, he never lost two counts of kidnapping and able, so Sam Groberg, a local at- robbery in the first degree and torney, stood in his place for the faith. He fulfilled his promise to his one count of first-degree bur- reading of the verdicts. A Promise Fulfilled parents in finding out who did this.” glary. It also found him guilty After the court hearing, the For Hazel Oberg and Den- on special allegations of lack of family of the Maurins, many in nis Hadaller, the two of Min- Sheriff Steve Mansfield remorse, acting as an accom- tears, hugged three of the men nie Maurin’s three surviving plice and of the victims being responsible for finally closing speaking about Dennis Hadaller particularly vulnerable. the cold-case homicides: Lewis please see JUSTICE, page Main 16 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Saturday’s Child Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 34 Aadland Matney, Josefina R., 76, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 46 Chehalis @chronline Mostly sunny Remembered Brunstad, Robert L., 79, see details on page Main 2 at Crowded Raymond Celebration Find Us on Facebook Weather picture by R.J. 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