By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – With less than three weeks to go before trial, a Vader mother of three has the weekend to contemplate a plea offer in last autumn’s death of a 3-year-old boy who was part of her household.
Brenda A. Wing and her husband, both now 27, were arrested after the child died, of what has been described vaguely as ongoing abuse.
Brenda A. Wing
Danny A. Wing pleaded guilty in March to first-degree manslaughter and also to assault in a deal that is expected to send him to prison for just over 16 years, if a judge agrees.
Lawyers and Brenda Wing went before a judge today in Lewis County Superior Court, for a scheduled omnibus hearing. That’s a standard proceeding between arraignment and trial in which both sides put down on paper the agreed particulars for trial.
Lewis County Prosecutor Senior Deputy Prosecutor Will Halstead and defense attorney John Crowley told the judge they’d like to postpone the omnibus until Monday afternoon.
Both attorneys said outside the courtroom that’s to give the defendant time to consider the state’s proposal for a “resolution” to the case.
Jasper Henderling-Warner
Jasper Henderling-Warner was pronounced dead at Providence Centralia Hospital last Oct. 5 after medics were called to the home because he was unconscious.
The autopsy found abrasions, bruises and healing fractures and labeled the cause of death as chronic battered child syndrome. Jasper was suffering from skin infections that were found to be secondary to his cause of death. His 21-year-old mother had asked the couple that summer to take him for a year, while she was homeless and looking for work out of state, according to authorities.
The Wings were initially charged with homicide by abuse or, in the alternative, first-degree manslaughter, two crimes with widely different penalties. Each of the two were charged as either the principal or accomplice.
Their three children were taken into protective custody by the state.
Danny A. Wing
While in talks this week about a possible plea deal, the attorneys today continued with steps as though the trial beginning May 18 will still take place.
Halstead told the judge he amended the information to change the date of the offense from Oct. 5, to the time period between July 31 and Oct. 5.
Crowley objected, saying the drastic alteration in the charges would prejudice his client so close to trial. Judge James Lawler allowed the substitute charges.
Brenda Wing pleaded not guilty to the amended information, in her only words spoken aloud on the record.
In March, after her husband pleaded guilty, prosecutors said they expected him to cooperate, leading to more information about what happened to Jasper.
The court hearing was less than 10 minutes long.
When it was over, Crowley left the courthouse to go visit with Brenda Wing in the jail.
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For background, read “Prosecutor expects plea deal will help reveal answers about Vader toddler’s demise” from Wednesday March 25, 2015, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
The Wings Should get the chair both of them!!! This child’s mother should have consequences too she gave her child to people she did not know we are suppose to protect are children not harm them not throw them to heroin addicts
“The only good thing about a plea bargain is that 12 innocent jurors will not have to have images and descriptions burned into their memory forever as to what Jasper went through.” -BobbyinLC
True that!…
So John Crowley is Brenda Wing’s attorney? She must not have followed the Ricky Riffe case.
All four adults need to die the same death Jasper did.
Sunshinegirl: You are absolutely right. There had to have been people who saw the signs of abuse. There was an article a while back about a city official in Vader who suspected abuse but said or did nothing until after the story broke about Jasper’s death.
People can register concerns with CPS and remain anonymous. Call 911 and report suspicions. Silence is what also contributed to Jasper’s death. It was not like he was beaten at one specific time and died from his wounds. The coroner ruled the cause of death as chronic battered child syndrome. That means, as far as I can tell, that is was ongoing over a period of time.
There are many guilty players in this besides the Wings.
Shirtbird Wing #1 has pleaded guilty for 16 years and now shitbird Wing #2 may have the chance to plead for a lesser sentence as well.
They could be out in 10 years. In WA State incarceration alone is not cause for termination of parental rights. They can probably get their own kids back.
Now with all those poor kids have seen, even if they have not been abused themselves, what kind of parents will they grow up to be?
The biggest tragedy in all this is that the Wings had the option of saying, “no thanks” when asked to take Jasper. If he was not their child they could have simply said no.
Then to have Jasper languish at the coroner’s office for months while the coroner tried to get the parents to agree on a simple funeral home? So many lives have been affected by this tragedy.
The only good thing about a plea bargain is that 12 innocent jurors will not have to have images and descriptions burned into their memory forever as to what Jasper went through.
I understand that the law does not allow the charging of murder in the first degree but sometime I think frontier justice of a rope and tree was a good way. Before I get yelled at on here I am not advocating the dismantling or destruction of the Constitution but I get frustrated with the CJ system sometimes. Thanks for letting me vent for so long and I apologize for the length of this post.
Does her stupid lawyer think anything can prejudice her actions any worse??? This couple should not have been able to plea to anything but guilty of 1st degree murder. These animals should never see the light of day and this childs mom, and I use that term lightly should be in there with them. This state gives you everything you need to care for your child , money , food stamps , medical and they will help you find a job to earn all that, or just give it to you if you are a bum. We need to take a stronger stance on these types and make sure they never get the chance to hurt another helpless baby. What happened to this child is unacceptable for a civilized society. One bum should not be able to hand their child over to another bum either. If I have offended any of the friends or family of these people GOOD , you should be ashamed , a child who is systematically beaten to death must have come under notice of someone in his world . I hope you never have another good nights sleep !