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11-28-2004, 09:10 PM
Daughter arraigned on murder charges
The Associated Press
KETCHIKAN — Rachelle Waterman solicited help in the killing of her mother, according to a criminal complaint charging her with first-degree murder.
The 16-year-old girl wiped away tears during an appearance Saturday in Craig District Court while Craig Magistrate Kay Clark read the criminal complaint against her. It charges her in an alleged plot to kill her mother, 48-year-old Lauri Waterman, whose body was found in a burning van on Sunday.
Rachelle Waterman's father, Doc Waterman, sat about 10 feet behind his daughter during her arraignment.
Waterman's arraignment was followed by a similar hearing for one of two co-defendants, Jason Arrant, 24, of Klawock. The third defendant is Brian Radel, 24, of Thorne Bay. All three are charged with first-degree murder.
Both men were accused of working together on Nov. 13 and Nov. 14 in a plan to kidnap and then kill Lauri Waterman. They allegedly cooperated in taking her minivan and body to a remote logging road on Prince of Wales Island where Radel doused the vehicle with gasoline and set it on fire. Arrant then drove Radel away from the scene, according to the complaint.
The complaint against Rachelle Waterman relied on statements by all three co-defendants. The complaint says the girl told one of the suspects when she and her father would be out of town.
Alaska State Trooper Randy McPherron wrote in the complaint that Arrant said that Waterman had solicited his help in murdering her mother on three prior occasions.
Lauri Waterman's body was found in her smoldering Plymouth Voyager van early Sunday afternoon, near the end of a logging road in a remote location. Her husband reported her missing after he returned to Craig from a meeting in Juneau. Rachelle Waterman was out of town at a volleyball tournament in Anchorage.
Lt. Rodney Dial of the Alaska State Troopers told KRBD Radio in Ketchikan that the plot to kill Lauri Waterman was developed months ago.
Rachelle Waterman had posted to an online journal dating back to February. In the journals, which she titled "My crappy life, the inside look of an insane person." She says she lives in Hell, Alaska, details conflicts with her mother and writes about a desire to commit violent acts against herself and others, KRBD reported.
One of her last entries was posted Nov. 14, hours after troopers say Arrant told her her mother had been killed. In the entry, she writes about her trip to Anchorage and having purchased some new boots, KRBD reported.
In a final entry last Thursday, Waterman wrote that her mother had been murdered and that she would not have computer access for a few days because police were confiscating it, KRBD reported.
At the request of Ketchikan District Attorney Dan Schally, Clark set bail for Arrant at $250,000, the same amount set for Radel. Rachelle Waterman's bail was set at $150,000.
Schally said that while the teen shared the same responsibility for what occurred as did Radel and Arrant, she was not as involved in some respects and did not pose the same danger to the community. Her status as a minor also influenced his request for a lower bail amount.
The Ketchikan Public Defenders Office was appointed to represent all three defendants.
Doc Waterman, 60, appeared shaken throughout his daughter's arraignment hearing. When it ended, he stood up in the aisle, reached out and touched her elbow as troopers escorted her from the courtroom.
Clark ordered the two men to be transported to Ketchikan Correctional Center. She ordered Rachelle Waterman transported to a Department of Corrections facility in Juneau.
Troopers transported all three defendants off Prince of Wales Island Saturday afternoon.
- http://ap.alaskajournal.com/stories/state/...3/2605949.shtml
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Here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/smchyrocky/38606.html)
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The Associated Press
KETCHIKAN — Rachelle Waterman solicited help in the killing of her mother, according to a criminal complaint charging her with first-degree murder.
The 16-year-old girl wiped away tears during an appearance Saturday in Craig District Court while Craig Magistrate Kay Clark read the criminal complaint against her. It charges her in an alleged plot to kill her mother, 48-year-old Lauri Waterman, whose body was found in a burning van on Sunday.
Rachelle Waterman's father, Doc Waterman, sat about 10 feet behind his daughter during her arraignment.
Waterman's arraignment was followed by a similar hearing for one of two co-defendants, Jason Arrant, 24, of Klawock. The third defendant is Brian Radel, 24, of Thorne Bay. All three are charged with first-degree murder.
Both men were accused of working together on Nov. 13 and Nov. 14 in a plan to kidnap and then kill Lauri Waterman. They allegedly cooperated in taking her minivan and body to a remote logging road on Prince of Wales Island where Radel doused the vehicle with gasoline and set it on fire. Arrant then drove Radel away from the scene, according to the complaint.
The complaint against Rachelle Waterman relied on statements by all three co-defendants. The complaint says the girl told one of the suspects when she and her father would be out of town.
Alaska State Trooper Randy McPherron wrote in the complaint that Arrant said that Waterman had solicited his help in murdering her mother on three prior occasions.
Lauri Waterman's body was found in her smoldering Plymouth Voyager van early Sunday afternoon, near the end of a logging road in a remote location. Her husband reported her missing after he returned to Craig from a meeting in Juneau. Rachelle Waterman was out of town at a volleyball tournament in Anchorage.
Lt. Rodney Dial of the Alaska State Troopers told KRBD Radio in Ketchikan that the plot to kill Lauri Waterman was developed months ago.
Rachelle Waterman had posted to an online journal dating back to February. In the journals, which she titled "My crappy life, the inside look of an insane person." She says she lives in Hell, Alaska, details conflicts with her mother and writes about a desire to commit violent acts against herself and others, KRBD reported.
One of her last entries was posted Nov. 14, hours after troopers say Arrant told her her mother had been killed. In the entry, she writes about her trip to Anchorage and having purchased some new boots, KRBD reported.
In a final entry last Thursday, Waterman wrote that her mother had been murdered and that she would not have computer access for a few days because police were confiscating it, KRBD reported.
At the request of Ketchikan District Attorney Dan Schally, Clark set bail for Arrant at $250,000, the same amount set for Radel. Rachelle Waterman's bail was set at $150,000.
Schally said that while the teen shared the same responsibility for what occurred as did Radel and Arrant, she was not as involved in some respects and did not pose the same danger to the community. Her status as a minor also influenced his request for a lower bail amount.
The Ketchikan Public Defenders Office was appointed to represent all three defendants.
Doc Waterman, 60, appeared shaken throughout his daughter's arraignment hearing. When it ended, he stood up in the aisle, reached out and touched her elbow as troopers escorted her from the courtroom.
Clark ordered the two men to be transported to Ketchikan Correctional Center. She ordered Rachelle Waterman transported to a Department of Corrections facility in Juneau.
Troopers transported all three defendants off Prince of Wales Island Saturday afternoon.
- http://ap.alaskajournal.com/stories/state/...3/2605949.shtml
I bet you want to see her livejournal, don't you?
Of course you do.
Here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/smchyrocky/38606.html)
Okay, so it's just the comment page to an entry, but the entry is scary.
EDIT: here is the demon child herself (http://img126.exs.cx/img126/8461/hott.jpg)