By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The Vader couple charged in the October death of a toddler they were caring for didn’t get arraigned today as expected but did appear before a judge briefly this afternoon.
Danny A. Wing, 26, and Brenda A. Wing, 27, were arrested early last month and remain in Lewis County Jail on bails set at $500,000 and $200,000 respectively.
[1]Brenda A. Wing
It appears unsettled who will be their lawyers.
The couple were represented at their Nov. 10 bail hearing by two lawyers retained in anticipation of possible charges after three-year-old Jasper Henderling-Warner died from what the coroner called chronic battered child syndrome.
The attorneys had asked to delay the hearing where they would make their pleas until today – to see if arrangements could be made about legal representation on the criminal charges – , but this afternoon, those proceedings were postponed again.
Brenda Wing told the judge she will be represented by Seattle-based attorney John Crowley, but it was taking a bit of time for her parents to work out the money to retain him.
Lewis County Superior Court Judge Richard Brosey agreed to wait one week.
[2]Danny A. Wing
Danny Wing was joined this afternoon by Vancouver-based lawyer Todd Pascoe.
Pascoe asked the judge to set over his client’s arraignment one week, in part because the wife’s was rescheduled and also because of a rules of professional conduct issue.
When Danny Wing blurted out his lawyer was set up by his wife’s family, Pascoe asked him to stay quiet.
Judge Brosey queried Danny Wing, to ensure he was satisfied with waiting until next Thursday afternoon. He said he was.
The Wings are each charged as either the principal or accomplice with homicide by abuse or, in the alternative, first-degree manslaughter.
The coroner concluded from healing fractures, numerous bruises and an autopsy Jasper died from ongoing physical abuse.
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For background, read “Defendants in Vader toddler death case want out of jail until trial” from Monday November 10, 2014, here [3]