{"id":6797,"date":"2011-06-10T17:33:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T00:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=6797"},"modified":"2011-06-12T08:18:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T15:18:20","slug":"news-brief-triple-slaying-charges-altered-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=6797","title":{"rendered":"News brief: Triple slaying charges altered again"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker
\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHEHALIS – Prosecutors yesterday amended the charges against 29-year-old Ryan J. McCarthy in last summer’s triple homicide, changing the count involving 16-year-old David West Jr.’s death.<\/p>\n

McCarthy was charged in the teen’s death with first-degree felony murder, but now is charged with regular first-degree murder<\/a> as an accomplice.<\/p>\n

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David West Jr.<\/p><\/div>\n

Lewis County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher said he didn’t want to elaborate on the reason, as it’s based on new evidence that he didn’t want to discuss.<\/p>\n

Defense attorney Rick Cordes suggested the change wasn’t a big deal, although the additional evidence – that he hasn’t seen yet – is not so good for his client, he said.<\/p>\n

McCarthy and former Onalaskan John Allen Booth Jr. were both arrested after four people were found shot – three fatally – inside a home off Gore Road near Salkum last August.<\/p>\n

Denise Salts, 51, survived, but fatally shot in the heads were David West Sr. 52, his son<\/a> who was a student at Onalaska High School, and a friend Tony E. Williams, 50, of Randle.<\/p>\n

Authorities have said they believe the two men’s Aug. 21 visit to the house was related to a drug debt collection.<\/p>\n

Both McCarthy and Booth are charged also with attempted extortion.<\/p>\n

Judge Richard Brosey is expected to preside over both trials; Booth’s at the end of August and McCarthy’s in October.
\n\u2022\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n

Read recent stories:<\/p>\n

\u2022 “Booth’s charges in Salkum slayings dropped back to original filing, trial delayed” from Tuesday May 3, 2011, here<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 “Two separate trials on the docket in Salkum triple slaying” from Tuesday April 19, 2011, here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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