Seaside
Police Chief David Ham announced Wednesday morning that the Clatsop County District Attorney's Office had filed
an Information accusing Randy Lee Roden, 26, of Seaside of Aggravated Murder in
the death of 2-year-old Evangelina Wing.
An
autopsy performed on Sunday December 21st determined Evangelina to be the
victim of a homicide and that the cause of death was blunt force trauma. Other
injuries were noted, but not determined to be the cause of death.
He
will be arraignedat 11:30 a.m. on December 24th in Clatsop County Circuit Court and the case
will likely be set for arraignment if the grand jury returns an indictment next
week. Roden has been held on an un-related post-prison detainer since Saturday.
Wing's
body was discovered by Seaside
emergency personnel responding to a residence at 1250 s. Wahanna Road, Seaside after the local 911
center received a callat 5:24 a.m. Saturday morning.
Emergency
personnel arrived and determined Evangelina was dead, Seaside Police arrived
simultaneously and called in child protection workers from the state Department
of Human Services, who placed two other children, boys aged 2 and 5 in
protective custody. Both children were determined to have suffered an
undetermined number of injuries and are being treated at Portland-area
hospitals. The children's mother, Dorothy Wing, has spoken to police but has
not been charged with a crime at this point. Roden was living with her at the
time of her daughter's death.
The
Seaside Police Department remains the lead agency in an investigation that
continues by the Clatsop County Major Crime Team, an interagency group made up
of detectives and others from the Clatsop County Sheriff's Office, the Astoria
Police Department, the Oregon State Police, Cannon Beach Police Department, the
Clatsop County District Attorney's Office, and the Clatsop County Medical
Examiner.
Although
no one else has been arrested to date Chief Ham stressed the investigation was
still continuing and would likely for the next couple of weeks, at least.
Ham
urged anyone with information about Roden or any recent interaction
with the children of Dorothy Wing to contact Seaside Police
at 503-738-6311.
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