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Roden gets new sentence in child’s death
BUSINESS
By NICOLE BALES
The Astorian
A Seaside man who was
found guilty of killing his girl-
friend’s 2-year-old daughter
received a new sentence last
Friday after his murder con-
victions were overturned by
the Oregon Court of Appeals
last year.
To avoid a retrial, Randy
Roden’s counsel and prose-
cutors settled on a guilty plea
to manslaughter in the fi rst
degree.
Roden, 32, was sen-
tenced to 20 years in prison
from when he was arrested in
December 2014. The murder
charges he was convicted of
in 2016 were dismissed.
Roden was sentenced to
nearly 40 years in prison in
2016 after a jury found him
guilty of murder by abuse,
felony murder, manslaughter,
assault and criminal mistreat-
ment in the death of Evange-
lina Wing and the abuse of
her two brothers.
The Court of Appeals,
however, ruled that during the
trial the prosecution failed to
present an adequate scientifi c
foundation for expert testi-
mony on bite marks found on
the children.
District Attorney Ron
Brown, who prosecuted the
case, said the state agreed to
make the deal based on many
different factors, including a
lapse in time since the crime,
holes in the investigation —
particularly with the autopsy
of Wing — and the uncer-
tainty of another trial.
Brown said he also did not
want to further traumatize the
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Randy Roden reacts as his verdict is read in 2016 at Clatsop County Circuit Court in Astoria.
children and other witnesses
with another trial. Another
reason, he said, is no one
could duplicate the work of
the lead detective on the case,
Seaside Sgt. Jason Goodding,
who was killed on duty in
2015.
“There’s really no amount
of time or money or anything
else that can ever give back
the innocence of a child’s life
or a victim of sexual abuse,”
Brown said. “And it’s frus-
trating that the best we can
do is just put somebody in
prison, but at least he won’t be
hurting anybody for the better
part of the next 20 years.
“He’s a total bully, and he
picks on women and children.
That’s his track record.”
Prosecutors and law
enforcement have described
the death of Wing and the
abuse of her brothers as one
of the worst child abuse cases
in the county’s history.
Prosecutors alleged the
children were tortured, sex-
ually abused, burned, bit-
ten and caged in the Seaside
apartment their mother, Doro-
thy Wing, shared with Roden.
Dorothy Wing pleaded
guilty to manslaughter and
criminal mistreatment and
was sentenced to 15 years in
prison, a reduced sentence
agreed upon in return for her
testimony against Roden.
During Roden’s sen-
tencing on Friday, the fam-
ily of the children struggled
to come to terms with a new
sentence they view as unjust.
Melissa Smith, the chil-
dren’s aunt and adoptive par-
ent of the two boys, said her
family is offended by how the
matters have been handled.
“It sends a message to
the community in which this
child died that her life does
not matter,” Smith said. “The
effects of this crime, and his
actions on every member of
my family is a life sentence
of dealing with profound
trauma and grief and loss.
“When I think of every-
thing my nieces and neph-
ews have gone through, I
become sick to my stom-
ach that someone could hurt
children in this way or that a
mother could look the other
way shocks me to my core.
No one will ever know the
extent of their torture, sex-
ual abuse, mental and emo-
tional abuse that they suf-
fered at this man’s hand. Man
is too kind of a word, he is a
monster.
“I’m still learning new
things that were done to my
boys and their sister every
day and it takes a part of
my heart. There’s a raw and
empty space in all of this
now that will never be healed
because of this horrible man.”
Judge Henry Kantor, who
presided over the sentenc-
ing, said the new sentence
may not satisfy anyone, “but
it is what the community can
produce in light of all of the
circumstances.”
Burglary mars Veterans Day
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Seaside Elks Lodge
#1748 joined 1,800 Elks
chapters nationwide hon-
ored the nation’s veterans
on Veterans Day.
The week was marred as
the lodge was burglarized
overnight between Monday
and Tuesday.
Cash was being raised to
help provide food baskets
for the holidays. Baskets are
given to families in need.
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“We are frustrated to
announce that our lodge
was the victim of bur-
glary,” treasurer Jan Jack-
son reported Wednesday.
Offi cers worked through-
out the day to repair dam-
age and get the lodge up
and running for chili din-
ner and a shortened pro-
gram, without the usual
decorations and photos in
place.
Anyone with informa-
tion is asked to contact the
Seaside Police Department
at 503-738-6311.
City proclamation
Seaside City Council
offered a proclamation pay-
ing tribute to veterans and their
families.
At the Oct. 26 meeting,
Councilor Steve Wright read
the Proclamation for Veter-
ans Day, paying tribute “to the
men and women who have
risked their lives to preserve
the liberty of our nation, the
families who support them,
and the heroes no longer with
us.”
The proclamation recalls
previous generations of Amer-
icans have “charged into
harm’s way, sometimes mak-
ing the ultimate sacrifi ce, to
protect the freedoms that have
blessed American.”
The council unanimously
supported the proclamation.
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SEASIDE POLICE DEPT.
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
Oct. 30
7:45 a.m., Turnaround: Police
contact a subject reported
causing a disturbance.
8:24 a.m., 500 block S. Roo-
sevelt: A person sleeping on
private property is advised to
move along.
3:55 p.m., 2100 block S. Frank-
lin: Domestic disturbance.
Nov. 2
7:12 a.m., Avenue A: Caller re-
ports a man removing paintings
from a closed construction site;
police contact the property
owner who says the paintings
are free. The area is now closed
to the public.
10:48 a.m., Beach swings: A
mobile phone found is turned in
to police for safekeeping.
12:40 p.m., 11th and Roosevelt:
A found wallet is turned in for
safekeeping.
Oct. 31
6:51 p.m., 4200 block U.S. High-
way 101: Police assist Gearhart
police on an arrest warrant.
3:32 p.m., First and Columbia: A
person is arrested on a warrant.
7:27 p.m., 800 block S. Colum-
bia: Sex off ender registration.
8:31 p.m., 200 block Broadway:
An argument between patrons
at a restaurant is determined to
be verbal only.
10:31 p.m., 300 block S. Colum-
bia: A man making a lot of noise
is advised to keep it down.
8:57 p.m., 2400 block U.S. High-
way 101: A caller who reported
his foot injured later declined
medical attention. After saying
he would “just die,” he later
said he had no self-harming
intentions.
6:39 a.m., Broadway: Police
respond to a report of a man
acting in a hysterical manner.
The subject was located and
warned of disorderly conduct
and advised to modify his
behavior.
Nov. 1
10:09 a.m., 800 block Avenue G:
A person is arrested for disorder-
ly conduct.
12:34 a.m. 700 block First Ave-
nue: Subjects reported fi ghting
agree to keep the peace.
9:53 a.m., 700 block S. Edge-
wood: A person is arrested for
driving while under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants.
Nov. 3
8:01 p.m., Library: A transient
sleeping on the property is
warned of ordinances and ad-
vised they will be trespassed.
Nov. 4
3:01 p.m., 800 block S. Roos-
evelt: A person is arrested on a
warrant.
9:00 a.m., 1100 block N. Roos-
evelt: A person is arrested on a
warrant.
7:24 p.m., 2300 block S. Roo-
sevelt: A person is arrested for
being in violation of a restrain-
ing order.
9:12 p.m., Thompson Falls Drive
and Lewis and Clark Road: Caller
reports someone following
them; police contact the
suspicious person who is not
suspicious and is just traveling
in the same direction.
10:03 p.m., N. Downing: Police
responded to a report of a fi ght
at a local business. The subject
left the area prior to police
arrival and their presence was
no longer needed.
10:44 p.m., 900 block Third
Avenue: Police responding to a
disturbance are told it was all a
misunderstanding.
Nov. 5
4:33 a.m., 400 block S. Holladay:
While investigating an alarm
sounding, police determine
the alarm is from smoke alarms
discarded in a bin. No hazards
were located.
2:39 p.m., S. Downing and Ave-
nue K: A hit-and-run is reported.
3:11 p.m., Wahanna near the
hospital: A person is arrested on
a warrant.
10:15 p.m., 800 block S.
Roosevelt: A caller reports an in-
toxicated man who won’t leave.
The subject got in a taxi and left
prior to police arrival.
SEASIDE FIRE & RESCUE
PUBLIC SAFETY
LOG
Oct. 30
12:38 p.m., 400 block S. Holla-
day: Structure fi re.
Oct. 31
1:22 p.m., 1200 block Beach
Drive: Structure fi re.
Nov. 2
1:13 p.m., 500 block Hillside
Loop: Emergency medical
response.
1:52 p.m. 2200 block N. Wahan-
na: Fire investigation.
5:58 p.m., 2400 block N.
Roosevelt: Emergency medical
response following motor vehi-
cle accident.
State police responded to the
site of a three-vehicle crash on
U.S. Highway 101 and Pioneer
Farm Road, milepost 9 Nov.
4 at 10:10 a.m. Two people, a
63-year-old man and a 71-year-
old woman, both from Ilwaco,
Washington, died on scene.
According to the preliminary in-
vestigation, a 2000 Lincoln Navi-
gator was traveling northbound
on U.S. Highway 101 when it
crossed the center line and side-
swiped a 2012 Toyota RAV4 trav-
eling southbound. The impact
caused the RAV4 to spin into
the northbound lane at which
time it was struck by a 2019
Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck
traveling in the northbound
lane. The driver and passenger
of the RAV4 were pronounced
deceased at the scene, along
with their dog who was in the
car with them. The driver and
passenger of the Colorado truck
were transported via ambulance
for non-life threatening injuries.
The driver and sole occupant
of the Navigator was uninjured.
The investigation is ongoing.
FIRE LOG
12:33 p.m., End of Avenue D,
Under Tree: A man who started
a bonfi re on city property is told
to clean up and clear out.
Oct. 17
OREGON STATE
POLICE
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
5 p.m., good intent call, Pacifi c
Way, Gearhart.
8:21 a.m., motor vehicle acci-
dent with injuries, U.S. High-
way 101 and Gronmark Lane,
Gearhart
2:28 p.m., medical service, U.S.
Highway 101 and Shamrock
Road, Warrenton.
10:09 p.m., emergency medical
service, Wahanna, Seaside.
Oct. 18
11:07 a.m., emergency medical
service, Seabreeze, Surf Pines.
Oct. 20
Fatal crash on U.S.
Highway 101
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