March 18, 2010 in City

Region in brief: Lewiston man convicted of strangling wife

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LEWISTON – A jury has convicted a Lewiston man of first-degree murder and felony domestic battery for strangling his wife to death on Valentine’s Day.

Gary W. Mallory II faces life in prison.

Prosecutors said 48-year-old Charlene M. Mabie was found dead in the basement bedroom of the couple’s Lewiston home on Feb. 14, 2009. Mallory, 40, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Lewiston Tribune reported the jury reached its verdict Wednesday.

Search back on for mother, son

SEATTLE – Authorities in Washington state on Wednesday resumed their search for a woman who appears to have abandoned a van on a remote Puget Sound beach over the weekend and disappeared with her 8-year-old son.

A boat is searching the Boston Harbor area with a bloodhound on board to try to pick up the scent of Shantina “Kat” Smiley and her son Azriel Carver, said Lt. Chris Mealy of the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. Dogs are also searching the roads and the area surrounding the beach.

The search was back on Wednesday afternoon after someone in the area recovered several items that washed up on the beach overnight.

The items included two mismatched leather shoes, a half-full and corked wine bottle, an inhaler and an orange ball, Mealy said.

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