By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The (Longview) Daily News reports that Danny A. Wing, accused with his wife in the Oct. 5 death of a toddler they were caring for in Vader, was released from the Cowlitz County Jail just three days before the child’s death.
[1]Jasper Henderling-Warner
News reporter Shira Moskowitz writes that he was locked up on Sept. 19, on charges of heroin possession and felony third-degree assault of a police officer at the Woodland Walmart, but posted $5,000 bail.
Wing, 26, and his wife Brenda A. Wing, 27, were arrested and charged Nov. 7 in Lewis County Superior Court as either the principal or accomplice with homicide by abuse or, in the alternative, first-degree manslaughter.
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office says the couple had been caring for 3-year-old Jasper Henderling-Warner for a period of time described as several months, the mother asking them to be his guardians on July 31 because she was homeless.
The coroner concluded from healing fractures, numerous bruises and an autopsy Jasper died of chronic battered child syndrome, meaning ongoing physical abuse.
Charging documents describe a timeline and the child’s injuries, but offer no information about how he got his injuries. The doctor who conducted the autopsy concluded the injuries were weeks, not months old.
Danny Wing and Brenda Wing are being held on $500,00 bail and $200,000 bail respectively.
Their opportunities to make their pleas in court are scheduled for Dec. 4.
Read more about it here [2]
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For background, read “Coroner: Ongoing physical abuse led to Vader toddler’s death” from Friday November 7, 2014 at 9:18 p.m., here [3]