CHEHALIS, Wash. (AP) — Testimony is concluding Tuesday in Chehalis at an inquest called to settle questions about the 1998 shooting death of former Washington State Patrol Trooper Ronda Reynolds at her home in Toledo.
The Lewis County coroner originally ruled the death a suicide. But Reynolds’ mother, Barb Thompson, went to court to clear her daughter’s name, and a jury found she did not kill herself. Thompson wants a ruling that her daughter’s death was a homicide.
New Coroner Warren McLeod agreed to the inquest that began last week. The jury has heard from first responders and investigators and emotional testimony from Thompson.
KOMO-TV reports that if the jury concludes Reynolds was killed it will be asked to name a suspect.
