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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Officers describe faint whimper, finding abandoned infant in woods BRIEFLY Herbicide may have killed other trees in central Oregon By MATT VOLZ Associated Press MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A faint whimper in the darkness was all it took. Missoula County Sher- iff’s Deputy Ross Jessop and U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer Nick Scholz rushed toward the sound after hours spent searching the Montana woods for a missing infant. Jessop was about to take another step when he heard a stick crack underfoot. He looked down to find a cold, wet, soiled 5-month-old boy face-down under a pile of debris. “I abandoned any police training or any chance of sav- ing evidence there — I didn’t care,” Jessop, a father of three, told reporters on Tues- day. “I scooped up the baby, made sure he was breathing. He had a sparkle in his eye. (I) warmed him up, gave him a couple of kisses and just held him.” The baby, who had been abandoned for at least nine hours before Jessop and Scholz found him at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, was cold, hun- gry and had scrapes and bruises, but was otherwise in good condition. They wrapped him in a coat and carried the boy out of the woods to safety. “It was the happiest 15-20 minutes of my career,” Scholz said of the walk out. “I was just stunned. Walk- ing in to this situation, you were mentally prepared for the worst.” The baby drank a whole bottle of Pedialyte in under a minute, then drank two more, said Missoula County Sheriff’s Capt. Bill Burt. The baby’s tiny, dirty hand grasped Burt’s finger with surprising strength, then he fell soundly asleep as hospi- tal officials hooked him up to an IV, Burt said. The rescue that Sheriff T.J. McDermott called a mir- acle was recounted moments before Francis Crowley, 32, appeared in court to hear charges against him that Missoula County Sheriff’s Office via AP This Sunday photo provided by the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office shows a 5-month- old infant with dirt under his fingernails after authorities say the baby survived about nine hours being buried under sticks and debris in the woods. AP Photo/Matt Volz included assault on a minor and criminal endangerment. Crowley told investiga- tors he left the boy in the woods after crashing his car because the baby was heavy, according to court records. He appeared in Missoula County Justice Court from jail by video, and he broke down repeatedly as he heard the allegations against him. Crowley doubled over, then fell to the floor and cov- ered his face with his hands, sobbing. He exclaimed twice, “I love that f------ kid,” and implored the judge not to take him away. Public defender Ted Fell- man said Crowley had no money and was living near Lolo Hot Springs. Sher- iff’s officials said Crowley, the child’s mother and the boy were living in a camp near the hot springs in Lolo National Forest. Crowley is from Portland, Oregon, and was previously arrested in June in Missoula Correction Local home delivery Savings off cover price EZPay $14.50 41 percent 52 weeks $173.67 41 percent 26 weeks $91.86 38 percent 13 weeks $47.77 36 percent *EZ Pay = one-year rate with a monthly credit or debit card/check charge To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Circulation Manager: 541-966-0828 Copyright © 2018, EO Media Group REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY Plenty of sun Mostly sunny and hot 88° 60° 96° 63° FRIDAY SATURDAY Sizzling sunshine and very hot Sunshine and a few clouds 94° 57° Hot with plenty of sunshine 95° 63° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 100° 63° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 81° 88° 106° (1975) 61° 58° 40° (1911) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.00" 0.10" 6.49" 11.30" 7.67" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records HIGH LOW 84° 88° 106° (1975) 64° 58° 46° (2009) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.00" 0.07" 5.10" 6.59" 5.77" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today New First July 12 July 19 98° 62° 100° 59° Seattle 79/60 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 106° 66° Full 5:17 a.m. 8:44 p.m. 3:52 a.m. 7:27 p.m. Last July 27 Aug 4 Today SUNDAY PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 102° 64° GRANTS PASS (AP) — Authorities have iden- tified a woman who they say fatally shot her 8-year- Spokane Wenatchee 83/61 89/65 Tacoma Moses 79/55 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 90/61 80/53 75/56 81/52 90/59 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 83/58 89/64 Lewiston 91/58 Astoria 87/60 72/56 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 87/63 Pendleton 81/49 The Dalles 93/58 88/60 93/62 La Grande Salem 85/52 88/60 Albany Corvallis 87/59 87/59 John Day 87/57 Ontario Eugene Bend 93/63 86/55 85/53 Caldwell Burns 92/60 88/46 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 72 84 85 76 88 81 86 85 93 87 91 85 82 95 65 69 93 91 88 87 88 88 83 80 85 89 90 Lo 56 47 53 57 46 49 55 56 58 57 54 52 48 63 54 56 63 56 60 63 52 60 61 46 61 64 59 W s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 70 84 67 58 53 59 58 70 75 47 77 W sh c s c t sh pc s c s c Lo 57 48 59 54 51 54 58 63 63 63 57 55 52 70 54 56 63 59 63 63 57 60 64 51 60 68 63 W s s s pc s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s Thu. 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WORLD CITIES Hi 74 92 85 78 72 74 77 83 85 64 89 JUNCTION CITY (AP) — A building north- west of Eugene in Junc- tion City exploded and burst into flames. The Register-Guard reports that authorities, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire- arms and Explosives, and Junction City police are investigating the cause of the early Monday explo- sion and fire. Authorities say a swas- tika and a racial slur were found spray painted at the scene. Junction City Police Chief Bob Morris says the cause of the fire is suspicious. Authorities on Monday had not been able to contact the build- ing’s owners. State business records show Irene and Devon Huntley bought the build- ing in 2015. Morris said they were renovating the building, which had been used as an insur- ance office, to become a restaurant. No further informa- tion was immediately available. NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. Hi 73 90 94 69 94 87 96 94 100 93 96 91 89 104 67 69 98 100 96 95 97 98 90 89 94 98 97 Junction City building explodes; racial slur, symbol found Classified & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classifieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com ADVERTISING Regional Publisher and Revenue Director: Christopher Rush 541-278-2669 • crush@eomediagroup.com Advertising Services: Grace Bubar 541-276-2214 • gbubar@eastoregonian.com Multimedia Consultants: • Kimberly Macias 541-278-2683 • kmacias@eastoregonian.com • Jeanne Jewett 541-564-4531 • jjewett@eastoregonian.com • Dayle Stinson 541-278-2670 • dstinson@eastoregonian.com • Angela Treadwell 541-966-0827 • atreadwell@eastoregonian.com • Audra Workman 541-564-4538 • aworkman@eastoregonian.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES www.eastoregonian.com Police ID Oregon woman suspected of killing 8-year- old son The July 7 story “Vines with a View” misstated one of the varieties of wine Force Majeure Vineyards produces. It does not produce Bordeaux. The EO regrets the error. Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays 93° 58° on a fugitive warrant from Oregon for a probation viola- tion, Missoula County pros- ecutors said. He has a string of prior arrests that include burglary, assault, drug and criminal mischief charges, Deputy County Attorney Brittany Williams said. The nature of Crowley’s relationship to the baby was not immediately clear. Crowley did not enter a plea during the court hear- ing. Judge Marie Ander- sen set bail at $200,000 and scheduled his next court date for July 25. Deputies were called to Lolo Hot Springs at 8 p.m. Saturday because Crowley was creating a disturbance and threatening to fire a gun, Missoula County prosecu- tors said. Crowley was disoriented, likely because of drug use, and unable to help officers find the baby or say how long ago the crash had occurred, charging documents said. He variously said the baby was lying on the side of the road or had died and was buried in the woods. From left, Missoula County Sheriff’s Deputy Ross Jes- sop, U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer Nick Scholz and Sheriff T.J. McDermott answer questions on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Missoula, Mont. — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — TODAY BEND (AP) — A weed-killer that killed thousands of ponder- osa pines near Sisters has been linked to the deaths of other trees outside the Sunriver resort commu- nity and possibly across Oregon. An investigation spurred by the incident in Sisters found that the active ingredient in the product known as Per- spective may have killed dozens of ponderosa pines outside Sunriver and other trees in central Ore- gon, said Dale Mitchell, an Oregon Department of Agriculture program manager. The department monitors pesticides and herbicides in Oregon. “We are looking at gathering additional information on this ingre- dient,” Mitchell said. The Deschutes County Road Department sprayed the herbicide along two main roads that lead in and out of Sunriver in 2013 and 2014, the Bulle- tin reported . The roadside spraying is done to reduce the amount of flamma- ble grass, said Chris Doty, the road department’s director. Employees for the road department and the U.S. Forest Service found pon- derosa pines with brown and ill-formed needles in the area where the her- bicide was applied and reported it to the agricul- ture department. Results from test- ing in 2015 showed that the damage had spread, according to a U.S. Forest Service report. old son and then herself at a home in Grants Pass. Grants Pass police Lt. Todd Moran says 27-year- old Rachel Shoemaker died at a local hospital and the boy died as he was being prepared for an air- lift to a Portland hospital. Shoemaker’s boy- friend alerted police Sun- day morning. He is not the child’s father. A neighbor told the Daily Courier newspaper she heard commotion at about 9:30 a.m., and saw a man using a cellphone leave the house. She said he was yelling, “Where’s the ambulance?” Moran said detec- tives believe it was a mur- der-suicide, and the inves- tigation is coming to a close. 2 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: As Chris spins over the Atlantic, thunderstorms will focus on the South Central and Southwestern states today. Spotty storms will dot the interior Southeast. Severe storms will riddle the Upper Midwest. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 105° in Needles, Calif. Low 35° in Bodie State Park, Calif. NATIONAL CITIES Today Albuquerque Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Fargo Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Hi 90 93 83 91 84 92 92 76 97 86 87 81 95 96 86 90 63 91 88 91 87 95 96 95 94 89 Lo 68 73 69 65 59 74 61 65 76 62 67 59 78 63 61 72 51 65 75 76 66 72 74 82 74 70 W t pc pc pc s pc s pc pc s s s t pc s pc sh t pc t s pc s t t pc Thur. 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