Wednesday, August 17, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
A salute to law enforcement...
Grand jury indicts in
Bend murder case
A Deschutes County Grand
Jury returned an indictment
charging Edwin Enoc Lara
with four counts of aggra-
vated murder.
The indictment alleges
that Lara kidnapped Kaylee
Sawyer, then attempted to
sexually assault her, and then
he killed her to conceal the
commission of the crimes.
The indictment stems from
an incident that began when
Sawyer’s family reported the
23-year-old woman missing
on July 24. Lara, a COCC
security officer, was identi-
fied as a suspect in Sawyer’s
disappearance, after his wife,
a recently-hired Bend Police
Officer, reported his possible
involvement. Lara was appre-
hended in Northern California
on July 26, after allegedly
shooting a man and carjacking
a family’s car. Sawyer’s body
was found in Dry Canyon east
of Sisters.
“Kaylee was abducted on
the campus of COCC by a
campus safety officer who
then attempted to sexually
assault her,” said Deschutes
County District Attorney
John Hummel. “Mr. Lara
then killed Kaylee in an effort
to conceal the crimes he
committed.”
Aggravated murder is a
crime that carries a maximum
penalty of death. No deci-
sion has been made regarding
whether the State will seek a
sentence of death.
“The decision whether to
try to kill someone is the most
sobering and important deci-
sion our government officials
are called upon to make,” said
Hummel. “Over the next one
to two months I will meet with
Kaylee’s family, compare Mr.
Lara’s actions to the actions
of all the other suspects ever
charged in Deschutes County
with aggravated murder, con-
sult with my deputies, and
then sit by myself and make
the decision that is fair, just,
and dictated by law.”
Lara is in custody in
Siskiyou County, CA. He is
to be returned in Deschutes
County in one to three weeks.
CORRECTIONS
business was founded by Don
Fullhart’s father in Reedsport,
Oregon.
• The man applying the
names of deceased veterans to
the veterans memorial stone
in Village Green Park (The
Nugget, August 10, page 19)
was incorrectly identified. It
was John Ferguson.
• The date for Fullhart
Insurance’s celebration of
50 years in business was
listed incorrectly in At
Your Service last week.
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photo by Jeri buckMann
Veterans hung old Glory across Sisters in a special tribute to law enforcement last week.
Thank You!
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Volunteers!
You Are The Best!
71 Habitat volunteers and two groups received Presidential Volunteer
Service Awards for their service this past year!
Bronze (100-249 hours)
Thrift Store
Pam Arsenault
Lael Cooksley
Helen Crawford
Eula Curtis
Sue Edgerton
Nora Ellison
Gudrun Kibak
Jackie Kvanvig
Fleming Leonard
Mickey Macey
Carol Neary
Roxanne Rossbach
Cathy Sewall
Barbara Standerfer
Rosalie VanNess-Hanford
Ray Young
ReStore
Peggy Cifonelli
Ruthie Douglass
Harvey Hall
Kay Hudson
Catherine Irwin
Joanne Johnson
Dave Lowe
Kevin Neary
Bill Powers
Ed Protas
David Vadman
Russell Williams
Sterling Williver
Kaye Winona
Building
Heart of Oregon Corps
Deschutes County
Community Justice
Dave Clark
John DiChiara
David Hamaker
Jeannie Sandecki
George Sproat
Board Member Bronze
Clark Brody
Lynn Jones
Toni Landis
Jack McDonnell
Kit Thomson
Other
Jerry Baldock
Eloise Barry
Lauren Beyerinck
Brett Hoyt
George Myers
Silver (250-499 hours)
Thrift Store
Holly Foott
Donna Hurd
Trudy Kalac
Sherry LaVoe
Sue Mackey
Kerry Mendoza
Sue Remmich
Connie Young
ReStore
Dave Lewis
Ken Purkey
Building
Les Cooper
Ellie Hammond
Rick Pearson
Jim Yount
Board Member
Judy Osborne
Other
Bob Lawton
GOLD (500 + hours)
Thrift Store
Nan Daschel
Helen Jack
Paula Surmann
Building
Mike Anglea
Bob Harris
Larry Lennon
Steve Madsen
Dennis Mills
John Milne
Board Member
Marsha Lewis
“Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.”