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Trial for Koralynn Fister case set for next January

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – The trial for James M. Reeder won’t take place until early next year.

The attorney for the 25-year-old Centralia man requested it be set out further into the future while he waits for autopsy reports on 2-year-old Koralynn Fister.

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Koralynn Fister

Reeder was in Lewis County Superior Court briefly this morning where he waived his rights to a speedy trial.

Reeder is accused in the May 24 death of his live-in girlfriend’s youngest daughter.

Prosecutors allege Reeder tortured and raped the little girl. She was pronounced dead at the hospital after Reeder claimed he found her face down in the bathtub.

According to the coroner, Koralynn died from drowning and head trauma.

The trial is scheduled for the week of January 28.

Reeder is charged with homicide by abuse, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of first-degree child rape and possession of methamphetamine.

He has pleaded not guilty and remains held in the Lewis County Jail on $5 million bail.