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JEREMY C. RUARK AND JIM FOSSUM The News Guard
A murder suspect barricaded himself in a Lincoln City motel room Tuesday morning as law enforcement officials, backed by an Oregon State Police SWAT team, attempted to negotiate his surrender. Michael “Chadd” Boysen, 26, wanted for questioning in the killing of his grandparents, is believed to have checked in at the Westshore Oceanfront Motel on Monday night, Lincoln City Police Chief Keith Kilian said. Police attempted to talk the suspect in Room 7 at the motel at 3127 S.W. Anchor Ave., into surrendering after trying to negotiate for several hours. Kilian said law enforcement personnel breached a window with water cannons and used a loud hailer, urging the man to give himself up without incident. Negotiations were ongoing as of press time. Arrangements were made for persons evacuated from the area to go to nearby Oregon Coast Community College for shelter, the police said. Several Oregon State Police, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and the Lincoln City Police Department patrol cars gathered at the Lincoln City Cinemas at 3755 S.E. High School Drive at approximately
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10:30 a.m. to organize pursuit of the suspect, described as white, 5-feet, 7-inches tall, and weighing about 170 pounds. “He’s not wanting to come out,” Kilian said in the movie theater parking lot as police and sharpshooters were being briefed. “He checked in using his correct name, and his driver’s license, so we suspect it’s one and the same.” According to Kilian, a night clerk at the hotel told police she recognized Boysen from a news report as the man who checked in Monday night. “The desk clerk was
watching a morning program and she saw information on a guy that was outstanding,” Kilian said. “She checked the hotel registration and thought, ‘My God, he checked in last night.’” Boysen was released from a Washington state prison Friday after serving time for robbery, and his grandparents picked him up, authorities said. He is suspected of killing the 82-year-old man and 80-year-old woman Friday night or early Saturday at their home in the Fairwood area of Renton, Wash., police said. Friends and family
members identified the elderly couple as Robert R. and Norma J. Taylor. Authorities have not said how they died. According to Internet reports, King County Sheriff John Urquhart said Monday that Boysen was extremely dangerous. Police said they believe the grandparents were killed after hosting a party for Boysen. Boysen had been in prison since 2006 on three robbery convictions in King County, a state corrections department official said. “They brought him back to the house, they fixed up
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Law enforcement personnel from throughout the state converged Tuesday on the Westshore Oceanfront Motel in Lincoln City, where murder suspect Michael “Chadd” Boysen, 26, barricaded himself in a room, causing evacuation of the motel and surrounding area.
a room for him to stay in,” Urquhart said. “All the things you would expect grandparents to do for a 26-year-old grandson. We are at a loss as to why he killed them.” According to news reports in Washington, local detectives learned Boysen had talked about killing his grandparents and law enforcement personnel when he got out of jail. Police said the credibility of the information was bolstered by Boysen’s alleged Internet searches around the time of his relatives’ murder. He reportedly had conducted web searches for gun shows across the Pacific Northwest and Nevada. His family was warned and is being cared for by police. Washington police said Boysen’s grandparents’ daughter last heard from them around 10 p.m. Friday. Another family member became concerned when the Taylors didn’t answer the door Saturday and called their daughter. She went to check on them around 7 p.m. Saturday and found their bodies. Authorities wouldn’t say how the two died until an autopsy is completed, but said they were not shot. Police issued a warrant for Boysen’s arrest and said he might be driving his grandparents’ car, a red 2001 Chrysler 300 with Washington license 046 XXU.
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JEREMY C. RUARK The News Guard
The Lincoln County School District and others around the state are getting support for stable state funding from a coalition of city mayors. Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, concerned about deteriorating funds for kindergarten through 12th grade public education in the state, has reached out to mayors in Oregon in an effort to influence the state legislature to reverse the trend of continuing cuts. According to Waldport Mayor Susan Woodruff, Hales’ office contacted all of Oregon’s mayors, arranged a conference call to discuss the situation and strategy, and then asked the mayors to sign a letter of support for the schools. More than 35 mayors agreed to sign the statement of support for stable state school funding. “Funding for schools has been cut year after year; even this year we expect more reductions,” said Woodruff. “Our message is get funding back to where kids get a quality education. If kids don’t come out of school prepared to be productive workers, we are wasting their productivity and their talents
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Lincoln County School District, like others across the state, will likely have to wait until the end of the Oregon Legislative session before finding out how much state school funding they will receive to support classrooms and other education services. and losing that productivity that our communities surely need.” The letter, sent to members of the Oregon Legislature and news media, has also been signed by Lincoln City Mayor Dick Anderson. “I am a strong proponent of education, and as mayor I believe
strongly that our community is healthier with a stronger school system,” said Anderson. “As mayors, we are saying we have had enough. Our communities have suffered through education cuts. We need to get education back as a top priority and fund it at its high-
est level it has been cut enough. We can’t continue to cut funding for education.” The letter, (See page A4, Letters to the Editor), reads in part: “Mayors from throughout Oregon are coming together this year to stand with school boards, with superintendents, with teachers, with parents, and with students, demanding a responsible budget for public K-12 schools. “For too long, we have allowed Oregon’s public K-12 schools to fade. The results: increased class sizes; the elimination of arts, music, physical education and shop classes; the loss of librarians and counselors; long delays to replace aging textbooks and roofs. “Enough.” Lincoln County School District Superintendent Tom Rinearson welcomed the support from the mayors. “I am excited that the mayors have come together across the state to get into the conversation,” said Rinearson. “That is something that has been missing.” Rinearson said he believes the support is making a difference. “Legislators are starting to hear See SCHOOL FUNDING, Page A5
Local homeless shelter plan gains momentum JIM FOSSUM The News Guard
Plans to develop a homeless shelter in Lincoln County are moving forward. While Family Promise of Lincoln County continues to grow, it seeks financial and volunteer assistance to put a roof over the heads of those in need with an anticipated start date of Sept. 8. “This is truly going to take a community effort to accomplish, but if we each
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