By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Kirotv.com has a story today that says lawmakers next week will examine a proposal to change state law over arrest warrants after the coroner’s inquest into the 1998 death in Toledo of former trooper Ronda Reynolds led to the arrest of her husband and stepson.
[1]Ronda Reynolds
Ron Reynolds and his son Jonathan Reynolds were named responsible for Ronda Reynolds’ homicide and while Lewis County Coroner Warren McLeod vacillated in his next step, he issued arrest warrants as the law said he “shall” following the inquest jury’s decision.
The pair were immediately released after Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer told a judge he didn’t have enough admissible evidence to file criminal charges.
Kirotv.com’s news story from Mike Baker of the Associated Press said the bill has the support of the Washington Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners.
Read about it here [2]
And, read how nearly a year ago Prosecutor Meyer was preparing for the possibility of an arrest when Coroner McLeod was in the earliest stages of planning an inquest, here [3]