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Giroux:WallaceEdward Giroux, 84, of Red Bluff died Thursday, June 9 at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Crema- tions & Burial Service. Published Saturday, June 11, 2016 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. McNeal: Donald Lloyd McNeal, 76, of Anderson died Thursday, June 9 in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Allen and Dahl. Published Saturday, June 11, 2016 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Deathnotices Phillipswasarrested,but was taken to Mercy Medi- cal Center in Redding for health reasons, Public In- formation Officer Lt. Yvette Borden said. The two men have been involved in an on-going feud since at least Febru- ary, Borden said. Arrest FROM PAGE 1 the video in question would have actually shown Bealer leaving the crime scene. "If that is the defendant in that video, it shows him leaving the area 48 minutes later," Daly said. "That's plenty of time to surprise the victim, take her to that bushy area, take her clothes off, strangle and kill her." Northam asked the jury why Dianne and Cur- tis Whitmire's, Marysa's mother and stepfather, home was never searched. "Marysa apparently spent a lot of time in the garage, yet it was never searched after she went missing," Northam said. According to Daly, Di- anne never searched the garage because her younger daughter, Sara, told her Marysa was not home. "Dianne had no reason to not trust Sara," Daly told the jury. Northam spent a consid- erable amount of time talk- ing about the prosecution's DNA expert, Rebecca Gaxi- ola. Gaxiola, a criminalist with the department of jus- tice, had previously testified that Daly had her take out information from the slide- show she made for the jury. Gaxiola had also testified that she didn't take out any significant information. "Not everything was in there," Northam told the jury. "She admitted there were alleles present that didn't belong to Bealer or Nichols." Northam explained that he understood those alleles did not score high enough on the DNA threshold for Gaxiola to analyze. "The fact is someone else's DNA was on Marysa," Northam said. He also told the jury that some DNA was not tested, reading back Gaxiola's exact words dur- ing her testimony. "It's too expensive and time consuming," Gaxiola had answered when asked why not all DNA was tested. Northam said this was not the place to worry about cost. "We are going to cut cor- ners on the murder of a 14-year-old girl," Northam told the jury. "No, you need to take the time — people's lives are in the balance." According to Northam, during Gaxiola's testimony she changed her opinion about whether Bealer's DNA was present on a cer- tain swab from inconclusive due to limited information to it being consistent with Bealer's DNA. Daly noted during her rebuttal, that testifying is part of Gaxiola's job and she doesn't get paid more if she finds results. "She didn't change her opinion," Daly said, not- ing that Gaxiola's results were inconclusive for that swab. "She was being asked by me to look at the screen and identify if all the al- leles she did call matched only the defendant and the victim," she said. "There isn't foreign DNA on those slides." Northam said there were fresh tire tracks near where the body was found and pointed out to the jury the he brought up the tracks during his cross-ex- amination of a witness. He also noted that although the prosecution has high- lighted various injuries Marysa had, which were thought to be obtained during a struggle, Bealer had no marks or scratches anywhere. According to Daly, the tire tracks near where the body was found were later determined to be stroller marks. Daly said Bealer testi- fied he has looked at every single police report and watched every single video in the case. "He's had three years to try and decide what story he was going to tell you and even at trial he couldn't tell you the truth," Daly told the jury. No reason was given for the suspension of deliber- ation Friday, but it is ex- pected jury deliberation will continue Monday at 10:30 a.m. Bealer FROM PAGE 1 Aislynn Lair will serve as the pool manager for the eight-week season, which while shorter than the days Hurton worked as a lifeguard when the pool was open before school was out, is what has been normal for the past few years, he said. Lair said she is excited about all the changes at the pool, including brainstorming with her fellow lifeguards to try and find activities to put on to try and get the community back out to the pool. One suggestion made was water polo, however, nothing has been decided for sure. "There's so many new things, it's like starting over," Lair said. "There's a lot of staff scheduled unlike when I first started and it was a smaller staff with 40- plus hours a week, making it tough when someone called in sick." Lair along with two fel- low guards, Colten Leon- ard and Emily Grissom, painted a mural near the kiddie pool area to wel- come visitors as they walk in as part of a community service project for school. Red Bluff High School traditionally had a Senior Make a Difference Day project in which seniors spent two days working out in the community on a project under the supervi- sion of staff, said Hurton, who is also a School Board member. The class of 2016 was the first to not do a Senior Make a Difference Day, but instead the school has shifted to 10 hours a year starting as a freshman, which is a model that al- lows the students to put in more hours before they graduate and does not re- quire the teacher supervi- sion, Hurton said. The pool has seen a number of donations from community, particularly through the non-profit Blues For The Pool, which donated chairs and a pool cover for the kiddie pool, Hurton said. The current project is to get vinyl grips for the rails on the ladders and a cover to keep the lad- der from getting hot. The pool will be open 1:30-4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday through Aug. 6. Wacky Wednesday will offer organized games available and float toys wel- come. Admission is $2, or $1 for seniors. Lap swim is offered for $2 from 7-9 a.m. Monday through Fri- day. Individual passes are available for $30 and fam- ily passes are $25 per per- son. Swimming lessons are as follows: Level one, two and three as well as pre- school aquatics 10:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. with parent child classes for 6 months to 3 years at 5:30 p.m. Private lessons for six months to adult can be done by arrangement and are $120 per person for 10 classes that are 30 minutes long. Group les- sons are $50 per session per person for a 30 min- ute class. There must be at least three participants. Session dates are June 20 through July 1, July 5-15 and July 18-29. For more information or questions call 527-8177. Pool FROM PAGE 1 JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS A lifeguard practices water rescue on Friday during a training. "No, you need to take the time — people's lives are in the balance." —Shon Northam, Bealer's attorney, to the jury IWantToBeRecycled.org ROBERTWILLIAMDOUGLAS July 16, 1969 ~ June 3, 2016 Robert William Douglas, 46, of Mineral, CA passed away June 3, 2016. Robert was born to William "Dan" & Katri- na Douglas July 16, 1969 in Red Bluff, CA. Robert attended Red Bluff High School. He was owner operator of Robert Douglas Construction from 1995-2016. He loved hunting, fishing and camping. Rob was a mem- ber of Elk's Lodge #1250, and Wilcox Oaks Golf Course. Rob never met a stranger and was somewhat of a local legend. Rob is survived by his parents William "Dan" and Katri- na Douglas, Red Bluff, CA; children, Kelsie Williamson, Santa Clara, Karley Douglas, Red Bluff, Haley Douglas, Rocklin,CA, Madeline Douglas, Red Bluff, CA; step- daughter Eden Bline, Red Bluff, CA; brother, Wendell Stoddard, Oregon; sister, Brenda Peneck, Davis, CA; 3 grandchildren, Kayden, Jaxon, Logan. Services will be held Monday June 13, at 2:00pm at the Elk's Lodge #1250, 365 Gilmore Rd, Reception following. A private family graveside service will be held at OakHill Cemetery. A fund has been set up for his grandchildren at Corner- stone Bank, Red Bluff. Red Bluff Simple Cremation are handling arrangements. HAZEL J. "SAMMY" WILLIAMS Hazel J. "Sammy" Williams passed away on Tuesday, June 7th at her home in Red Bluff. As was her wish, she was able to stay in home until the end, surrounded by her family and friends. Just one month short of her 85th birthday, Sammy lived a long, active life. Not only did she raise four sons and a daughter, she loved and cared for two wonderful men who proceeded her in death. One of Sammy's greatest joys was babies, so her twelve grand- children and sixteen great grandchildren kept her busy and happy. Norman W. "Lucky" Rupe, the father of Sammy's sons Doug, Randy, Daniel, and Michael, passed away on March 9, 1969. A few years later, Sammy met and married Arthur W. Williams, whose daughter Marlene became one of her cherished kids. Mr. Williams also passed away in the Spring of 2003. Sammy was a very avid and skilled bowler her whole life. She was inducted into the Red Bluff Women's Bowl- ing Association Hall of Fame in 2003. She continued to bowl up to January of this year when a hand injury forced her to stop. In the final checkup with her doctor to be cleared to resume bowling, it was discovered that Sammy had a large mass in her lung. She then fought a short but courageous battle with the dreaded disease. A small, family only, memorial will be held in Alturas, California, where she will forever rest near the men in her life. Another celebration of life will be held in the near fu- ture for her friends and family in Red Bluff. In lieu of flowers, the family humbly requests that all donations go towards fighting cancer. RALPH BRIGHT The family of Ralph Bright is sad to announce that he passed away suddenly, but peacefully, of natural causes, on April 30, 2016 at age 85. Ralph was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but grew up traveling throughout California while picking fruit with his family. He attended Corning High School, where he was active in sports and made life long friendships. After high school, Ralph served in the Navy from 1951 through 1955. After serving his country, Ralph became an educator, a career which spanned 39 years. He was an elementary teacher at McNear School in Petaluma and a teacher and counselor in the Cotati-Rohnert Park School District. He was also very active as a coach for Little League. He coached basketball at Rohnert Park Middle School and coached football at Rancho Cotate High School. In addi- tion to coaching, Ralph umpired and refereed many sports throughout his years. Ralph leaves behind his wife, Judy Bright; brother, Den- nis Bright; son, Tim Bright and granddaughters, Amy Bright and Marissa Bright. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Warren and Robert; sister, Thelma; and his son, Steven. The burial service will be at 11:00 AM on June 14, 2016 at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Corning, Califor- nia. A memorial gathering, with potluck finger foods, will be held afterwards. The location will be announced at the cemetery. We would love to have people come share their memories of Ralph. He touched the hearts of so many with his compassion and sense of humor. In lieu of flowers, donations to Corning High School Athletics would be appreciated. WADE RAYMOND JOHNSON January 24, 1972 ~ June 9, 2016 Wade Raymond Johnson was born January 24, 1972 to Raymond and Gartha Johnson in Corning CA. He passed away at his home on June 9, 2016. He leaves behind his wife Lorrie and two children, Brant and Nora. He is survived by his parents, Ray and Gartha Johnson of Red Bluff, sister Heidi of Red Bluff, brother Evan of Corning and nieces Brenna and Ellie Johnson. Wade worked as a building contractor for a number of years before becoming maintenance supervisor at Lassen House Assisted Living. Graveside services will be on Wednesday June 15, 2016 in Corning CA at Sunset Hill Cemetery. He was a kind person who will be missed by all. VIRGINIA LEE THODE LAFFERTY MILOTZ October 5, 1943 ~ June 5, 2016 Virginia Lee Thode Lafferty Milotz, born October 5, 1943 passed away on June 5th in Redding surrounded by lov- ing family and friends. She was 82. Originally from Oma- ha, Nebraska, "Ginger" was a compassionate caregiver to family, friends and clients. She is survived by her two sons Steven and John Lafferty, her brother Jim Thode, 19 grand-children and many more great-grandchildren. A pri- vate service is being held for family and close friends. 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