By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The Lewis County Coroner’s Office today said the dead man found by children, hanged near the railroad tracks in north Centralia is 58-year-old Dale Glenn DeHaven.
Dale Glenn DeHaven
DeHaven moved to the 1300 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia in December.
Coroner Warren McLeod said his death was determined to be a suicide.
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office was contacted late Sunday afternoon and directed to a trestle over the Skookumchuck River south of Reynolds Avenue and east of Interstate 5.
McLeod said DeHaven’s three siblings were notified last night.
DeHaven has lived in a variety of places around Lewis County since he was released from prison in 2005, including the areas of Mossyrock, Silver Creek and Onalaska.
He served more than 11 years for the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl that was the daughter of a casual acquaintance, according to the sheriff’s office. He was a level three registered sex offender.
Before that, he spent time in prison for a 1980 conviction in connection with a sexual assault of his 76-year-old neighbor woman in Lewis County.
Last year in Lewis County, there were 11 deaths by suicide. The year before there were 21, according to the coroner’s annual report.
McLeod said hanging is the second most common method of suicide he sees. The most frequent way is by use of a firearm, he said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Figures Bo would side with the sex offender. SMFH
Yee who judges.
Well, at least he got to traumatize some other kids as a final farewell-to-thee.
Amen Redneck….Amen…
STFU RUPERT YOU POS!! Go back to eating out of your dog bowl! All you have ever done for your community was tapping the tax payers due to your jail time you low life Bastard
STFU RUPERT YOU POS!!
I only feel sadness that those in prison weren’t allowed to give you the death you deserve, you coward! There’s no one to protect you now. FEEL THE BURN!!
One less sick bastard…… Have fun burning in hell you piece of sh*t! We lived in fear when you moved onto our road. No longer do I have to worry if my kids or elderly parents will be attacked by you now! May the victims in this case finally have peace……
Yes thank you for ending your miserable life, one less piece of garbage for us to worry about. Tammy Higley, Joshua Brooksand Dumpster Diver glad it wasn’t your daughter mother or sister or gramma that was hurt by this piece of filth.
I feel sympathy for his surviving family but cannot feel anything for a man who destroyed his victims lives and then decided to end his own.
Good luck Dr. Dehaven!
You’ve got a proper name dumpster diver… hint
Perhaps we should ask his victims that live with his sick endeavors how they feel? I’m betting they will never be the same… the 8 yo will never have a normal loving relationship… but who cares about her….
Once again, thank you for killing yourself dehaven, your a duck, wished you woulda died in a grease fire…..
Yeah, just because this obviously sweet, lovable, teddy-bear of a guy sexually assaulted a little girl and an elderly woman, who is Redneck to judge him? Moral relativism, for the win!
Redneck, who are you to judge??? You sir, are the scumbag!
Rest in peace, man. Let the past be the past.
Rest in peace my friend, no matter what you did you were always my friend and I have always loved you. You may have wronged people in your life but you served your time, and asked God for forgiveness so in my eyes your a redeemed man of God and that’s all anyone needs to know. Until we meet again MR D, luv you.
Thank you for finally ending your misery… residents of lewis county can sleep better, with one less scumbag on our streets….