D.A. to Seek Indictment in Ore. Girl Case
Aug. 27 -- A day after prosecutors announced they would seek a grand jury indictment against Ward Weaver, the neighbor suspected in the deaths of two Oregon girls, the man's son said today he was sure of his father's guilt and would testify against him in court.
Asked whether he believed his father had killed Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis, who both lived in an Oregon City apartment complex near Weaver's home, Francis Weaver told ABCNEWS' Good Morning America: "I'm certain, yes."
"The whole thing just disgusts me. I hate to even think that I was brought to this world from a man like that," Weaver said in an exclusive interview.
The younger Weaver has told authorities that his father confessed to killing his two neighbors. "He needs to be brought to justice for what he's done," Francis said.
On Monday, medical examiners confirmed that a second body found on Ward Weaver's property was that of Ashley Pond, who was 12 when she disappeared.
A day earlier, medical examiners identified a body found in a shed behind Weaver's home as that of Ashley's friend, 13-year-old Miranda Gaddis. Miranda and Ashley disappeared within two months of each other — Ashley in January and Miranda in March.
Indictment Sought, Links to Other Cases Investigated
Pond's remains were found Sunday in a barrel beneath a cement slab Weaver poured at his home after the girls disappeared. No cause of death for either victim has yet been determined, and it is not known when they died.
Today, FBI agents said they do not believe there are any more bodies buried on Weaver's property, and they did not know about any connection between Weaver and other unresolved slayings. However, Beth Anne Steele, spokeswoman for the FBI, said profilers would look at Weaver's case and compare it to other similar disappearances around the country.
Clackamas County District Attorney Greg Horner announced that his office would seek a grand jury indictment against Weaver.
"We'll present evidence regarding the death of Miranda and a yet-to-be-identified set of human remains to a grand jury in the near future," Horner said Monday. "We are not going to say or do anything that might jeopardize our ability to successfully prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law."
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