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Judge reluctantly releases woman There are not enough psychiatric beds, so a woman accused of throwing a boy out a window is free. By Diana Hefley Herald Writer
EVERETT — A Snohomish County judge on Monday reluctantly released a mentally ill woman who has been waiting for treatment at Western
State Hospital for more than two months. Beteha Kebede is expected to leave the Snohomish County Jail with three days of medication and instructions to seek mental health treatment. The judge was told that she doesn’t have the means to see a doctor immediately and it may take some time to get her more medication and services. Superior Court Judge Bruce Weiss ordered that the woman be fitted with a GPS bracelet so her whereabouts can be monitored.
She is expected to live with a friend and was ordered to stay in Snohomish County. The judge forbade Kebede from living with children under the age of 16. He also ordered her to stay away from any child under the age of 10. Kebede is accused of throwing a 1-year-old boy out a second-story window in July. She was visiting relatives in Lynnwood at the time. Kebede, 39, explained to detectives that she threw the child out the window to protect herself and her own children, court papers
said. She has a history of mental illness. Her own children were removed from her care because of her condition. A county mental health professional determined Friday that Kebede didn’t meet the criteria to be civilly committed to a psychiatric facility. Kebede’s status and the chronic shortage of treatment beds at Western State Hospital have been the focus of numerous hearings. Her case is among several in the county that have put the hospital’s
Father: ‘There was no racing’ PHOTO COURTESY BRADLEY FAMILY
Jourdan Bradley loved her 1969 Corvette Stingray.
practices and management on trial. A civil lawsuit with roots in Snohomish County recently was filed in federal court against the state because of the long waits at the hospital. The lawsuit alleges that the state is violating the rights of criminal defendants who are left to languish in jails awaiting treatment. Hospital officials repeatedly testified that they don’t have the See KEBEDE, Page A2
Guilty verdict in baby’s death The father was told multiple times he was too rough with the child. By Diana Hefley Herald Writer
drove her Corvette like an old lady.” People have been judging Jourdan because she drove a classic muscle car, he said. “She told me, ‘All these idiots want to come up and race me,’ and she just laughed,” Mark Bradley said. He said that his wife, Marti, also drives a Corvette and gets the same treatment from other drivers. Washington State Patrol Trooper Mark Francis said the investigation into the crash is ongoing and that there could be See JOURDAN, Page A2
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The Bradley family (from left): Derek, Mark, Marti, Jourdan and Garret.
Jourdan Bradley’s dad was 8 cars behind when I-5 crash occurred Herald Writer
ARLINGTON — Jourdan Bradley loved her life, her job, her family and her car. She died Friday in an accident when her 1969 Corvette Stingray ran off I-5 near Everett Mall and struck a tree. She was 24. Her passenger, Phillip Chumley, 31, of Everett, was injured and taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He was listed in serious condition Monday. An initial report about the accident cited racing as a possible factor, which Bradley’s father, Mark Bradley of
Arlington, said is simply not possible. “I was behind her — there was no racing involved,” Mark Bradley said through tears Monday. They had just bought a leather couch for Jourdan Bradley’s newly acquired Everett home Friday and were bringing it back to the house. Jourdan Bradley and Chumley were in the Corvette, and her father was in another vehicle. “The whole freeway was going 60, 62 mph,” Mark Bradley said. Bradley was following his daughter about eight cars back when he lost sight of her near the Everett Mall. “I thought maybe
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she’d taken that exit rather than waiting to go to the Pacific (Avenue) exit,” he said. “I saw a blue piece of fiberglass in the road, and I thought, ‘Did somebody clip her?’” When he arrived at the house and she wasn’t there, he started to realize the awful truth. “I got where I thought the piece was and I saw all the cops there,” he said. Jourdan Bradley worked as a critical care nurse at Providence Regional Medical Center and was always urging people to drive carefully. “She’s seen so many accident victims,” her father said. “She
He’s back Rested and ready: After a lengthy absence, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un appeared in public Tuesday to do what Kim Jong Un does, which is look at things while underlings write down everything he says (Page A10). The portly potentate was Dear Abby . . . B3 Good Life . . . . B1
out of pocket for 40 days and 40 nights — just like Moses, except instead of communing with God on a mountaintop, Kim spent the time watching Internet porn and swilling cognac flown in from Beijing. Supersize those questions: McDonald’s has launched a campaign that offers
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answers to questions about its food, like why are burgers in those Internet videos still intact years after they came off the grill (Page A7). The Buzz has only one question for the Golden Arches gang: Any chance we can please get our fries fresh from the Fryolator? Great gourd: A 2,058-pound Opinion . . . . . A9 Sports . . . . . . C1
pumpkin set a record at a pumpkin-weighing competition in Northern California on Monday (Page A10). A 2,105-pound pumpkin at a contest in Pyongyang over the weekend was disallowed as a world record because Kim Jong Un’s thumb was on the scale when it was weighed.
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EVERETT — Daniel Levi Perez Reyes died in his mother’s arms. He was a healthy, 2-monthold boy when he was left with his father on June 27, 2013, while his mother went to work. The next morning Daniel was brought to a hospital. He wasn’t breathing and didn’t have a pulse. Doctors revived him but Daniel showed no signs of brain activity. He was removed from life support the next day. Doctors suspected the worst. An autopsy confirmed the violence. The 13-pound baby had been violently shaken, causing injuries to the boy’s brain, neck and the nerves to his diaphragm. On Monday, a Snohomish County judge convicted the child’s father of first-degree manslaughter. The evidence showed that Brian Perez Reyes was told multiple times that he was too rough with the child, Superior Court Judge Michael Downes said. Perez Reyes’ reckless actions caused his son’s death, the judge concluded. Downes also ruled that
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