Mother of Dead Toddler Sentenced to Prison
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Weekend Edition Saturday, May 18, 2013 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Relay for Life District Survivors, Supporters Rally Against Cancer / Main 7 Fastpitch / Sports ‘House of Rising Son’ Owner Arrested DRUG CHARGES: Owner homes was arrested Thursday transactions, according to court Pete Caster / on drug charges. documents. Police then used a [email protected] of Controversial Homes Chehalis Detective Sgt. Gary confidential informant to buy Judy Darlene Linked to Sales of Wilson said 61-year-old Judy drugs from Williams on three Chain makes an appearance Morphine Pills and D. Chafin and her ex-husband, different occasions. Keith D. Williams, 48, had been During one of the transac- in Lewis County Superior Court Other Painkillers the subjects of an ongoing inves- tions, Chafin arrived in a sepa- on Friday tigation. rate vehicle and gave Vicodin By Stephanie Schendel and morphine to Williams, who afternoon at the Police were informed that Lewis County [email protected] Williams was allegedly sell- then sold them to the informant, according to court documents. Law and Justice The woman who owns ing drugs — morphine pills Center in Che- and operates the controversial and other painkillers — and halis. House of the Rising Son halfway that Chafin was involved in the please see CHARGES, page Main 13 Worker Mother of Dead Toddler Hospitalized After Being Struck by Sentenced to Prison Metal Beam Expected to Recover By The Chronicle A man working at the site of the Lewis County Event Center and Sports Complex in Centra- lia is expected to make a full re- covery after he was struck by a metal beam Thursday morning. The construction worker was airlifted to the Harborview Med- ical Center in Seattle after para- medics with the Riverside Fire Authority arrived at about 9 a.m. A Lifeflight helicopter land- ed at the Centralia High School football field. Riverside Chief Jim Walkows- ki said the man suffered “multi- system trauma,” meaning that various parts of his body sus- tained severe injuries. Walkowski said the beam weighed approximately 4,500 pounds. Mike Swarthout, the project manager for Kaufman Construc- tion, the contracting company out Pete Caster / [email protected] of Olympia, said the man broke Becky Heupel leaves a Lewis County Superior Court room after being sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison on Thursday morning at the Lewis County Law and his ankle, pelvis and some ribs. Justice Center in Chehalis. Last month, Heupel, 30, pleaded guilty to felony criminal mistreatment after her 2-year-old daughter was murdered by James Reeder in May “The beam, which was on the of 2012. Reeder was sentenced to life in prison with possibility of parole after 37 years earlier this year. ground, tipped over on its side and he was under it,” Swarthout said. BEHIND BARS: Mother of Becky Heupel, the 30-year- with possibility of parole after 37 cause she was easy prey: a single The name and age of the old mother of two, pleaded years for the rape and murder of mother of two, who has a num- man, who is from the Olympia Koralynn Fister to Serve guilty last month to the charge her daughter. ber of mental and physical dis- area, were not released. a Year in Prison of second-degree criminal mis- She was not home at the time abilities. Although the man was crushed treatment, which alleges that a of the toddler’s death on May 24, At the time of the child’s by the beam, Swarthout said he By Stephanie Schendel parent recklessly created an im- 2012, and had left her daughter death, the body of 2-year-old should make a full recovery since [email protected] minent and substantial risk of in the care of Reeder, who was Koralynn Fister was covered he did not suffer any internal death or great bodily harm for her live-in boyfriend at the time. with bruises, cuts and other in- bleeding. He is scheduled for The mother of the 2-year-old his or her child, according to the juries, including two palm-sized surgery on Saturday. Centralia girl who was tortured statute. PROSECUTORS AND LAW enforce- chunks of skin missing from “A lot of times with some- to death last May at the hands of She learned she would face ment believe Reeder, who was her buttocks, indicating to au- thing like this, you will have the woman’s boyfriend was sen- criminal charges the day her described by the lead detective thorities that the abuse had been internal bleeding and bleed out tenced Thursday morning to a ex-boyfriend, James M. Reeder, as a “shark,” chose Heupel to before you get to the hospital,” year and one day in prison. was sentenced to life in prison gain access to her children be- please see MOTHER, page Main 13 Swarthout said. 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