By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Oral arguments will be heard in September before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle in the case of former Toledo elementary school principal Ron Reynolds who contended the Lewis County coroner had no legal basis for conducting an inquest into the 1998 death of his then-wife, a former state trooper.
Ron Reynolds
His lawyer called the 2011 proceedings scandalous, leading to severe harm to his client’s reputation and employability.
Reynolds’ and his son Jonathan Reynolds were named by the inquest jury as responsible for the death, which the panel concluded was homicide.
Reynolds lost the federal lawsuit against Coroner Warren McLeod and the county when a federal judge granted a summary judgment two years ago. Reynolds appealed.
McLeod said this morning he plans to attend the 9 a.m. Sept. 1 session, which will be heard by a three-member panel of judges.
Ronda Reynolds, 33, was found with a bullet in her head and covered by a turned-on electric blanket on the floor of a closet in the Toledo home she shared with her husband of less than a year and his three sons.
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For background, read “Lawsuit regarding Ronda Reynolds’ inquest moves to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals” from Friday May 8, 2015, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Someone is living with the guilty knowledge about what happened to Ronda.
#JusticeForRonda
“Maybe they will put Ann Rule on the stand lol.”
You do know that Ann Rule has passed away, right?
I think it was in 2011 that a coroner’s inquest jury ruled Ronda’s death a homicide and named Ron and Jonathan as responsible. Following the state law at the time the coroner issued an arrest warrant.
They were brought before a judge and it was determined there was not enough probable cause to support a criminal case.
The evidence in an inquest is different than what is needed for a conviction in criminal court. I doubt there will ever be evidence enough for a criminal trial.
The point of Ron’s lawyer is that the coroner had no legal basis for holding an inquest but if I remember the law says he did.
Crazy case all around.
Only the person who pulled the trigger knows who killed Ronda Reynolds.
He should be in JAIL!! He KNOWS what happened and WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. WHY he got away with it is STILL BEYOND ME!! He even told his employees that they would be FIRED if they were caught talking about it…..hmmm. 🙁
This case is fucking highly suspect. Maybe they will put Ann Rule on the stand lol.
THIS CASE …, IMHO should never go away …It never was completely solved and there was much hidden evidence that should be brought to the public.
Ronda Reynolds …and her family deserve justice for RONDA ,therefor , hopefully the case will be wide open again until it is solved m one step at a time …it will always be a mystery of a guilty murderer gone free .
He can sue all he likes , we all know what he is and what he did.
The case that will never go away.