Chino Hills is nestled in the southwest corner of San Bernardino County. Josh Hutcherson already had a bank of successful movies under his belt when he became Peeta Mellark. He could not at first believe what he was seeing. The dead were Douglas Ryen, his wife, Peggy, both 41 and chiropractors; their daughter Jessica, 10; and Christopher Hughes, an 11-year-old boy who was spending the night. During the fall of 2008, I was in the San Francisco Bay area on a book tour for The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal. In a shocking example of prosecutorial overreach, the District Attorney, Dennis Kottmeier had the crime scene torn down after only a couple of days of investigation. In the majority of those cases, the proof of the inmates innocence was so convincing that the prosecutor dropped the charges rather than retry the case. Bill Hughes, an agriculture professor at Cal Poly Pomona, got in his Audi and drove up to the Ryens house. His father worked as a financial consultant. Keep reading to find out! WATCH: Sole survivor of Chino Hills murders describes what happened. Peggy said that the property came with a gorgeous barn and huge riding ring but rotten house! For those who do, the road to exoneration is a long, slow trek that usually fails. However, after authorities located Cooper in a nearby abandoned home and learned of his criminal past, that all changed. His defense attorney Norman Hile believes authorities planted Cooper's DNA using blood they collected when he was arrested in 1983. When interviewed on video by the prosecutor during the trial, Josh, now 10, said he saw one shadow. However, in 2018, right around the time Nicholas Kristofs New York Times op ed gained public attention, Josh wrote a letter to California governor, Jerry Brown reaffirming his beliefs that Cooper was guilty and deserved to be punished for his crimes. The walls were all white, but smeared with blood I mean everywhere, he told a newspaper reporter from the Daily Bulletin. an empty house next door to the Chino home of Doug Ryen, his wife Peggy and their two young children, ten-year-old Jessica and eight-year-old Joshua. Upon the initial inspection, the police found no suspicious evidence connecting Cooper to the case. "I wish I could remember," he says. But unlike a Grisham novel or other true crime books of this ilk, OConnor doesnt just relay the story, he also spends a lot of time critiquing events and pointing out where things went wrong. A special counsel commissioned by former Gov. Doug Ryen watched some television before joining his wife in bed, probably after 11 p.m. As was their custom, the couple slept in the nude in their king-size waterbed. OConnors strength is his unwillingness to simply let the facts of the mishandling of Coopers case speak for themselves and rather to hammer home the police misconduct, the prosecutorial shenanigans and Coopers own defense attorneys screw ups. The murders had an uncommon viciousness to them, as if the killers meant not only to kill, but to send a message of payback or retribution. Josh Lucas' first high profile role was in the 1993 Frank Marshall survival film Alive, an Ethan Hawke-starrer that recounted the horrifying tragedy of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane had crashed in the Andes. Authorities discovered Cooper had been hiding out at a house just 125 yards from the Ryens' home, at top left. It's free to sign up and bid on jobs. August drives a Land Rover of $73k and owns a multi-million 2,570 square feet mansion. His grandmother, Mary Howell doesnt think Cooper did it. (L-R) Survivor Josh Ryen, murder victims Jessica, Peggy and Doug Ryen; Kevin Cooper Click Here to Watch a Preview Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate the controversial murder case against California death row inmate Kevin Cooper and explore whether new DNA technology can spare his life in "Was Kevin Cooper Framed?" to be broadcast . "Her hand is clinched fighting for her life with hair in it. #JoshRosen #NFL #Bkelly Remember to smash that like button, turn them notifications on, and subscribe. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department deputies who responded to the call decided almost immediately that Kevin Cooper was the likely killer because he had admittedly hidden out in the vacant Lease house next door to the crime scene for two days (leaving on June 4th) and because he was a convenient black man in largely white San Bernardino. How a tragic boating crash is connected to the family of Alex Murdaugh A thorough search found no evidence, again, connecting Cooper to the case. Oddly, all four fingertips of his left hand were lightly touching the edge of the waterbed on his side of the bed. Elliott suffered a leg injury in a Friday . One of the knife wounds to his chest penetrated five inches through the right pleura cavity and then through the right lung. As he shaved the boys head he could see the fracture in Joshs skull. Hed just escaped a minimum-security prison nearby. "I, Kevin Cooper, was never inside the home that I now know is the Ryen home. He yelled to Josh to open it. The hand-written letter was on newly printed stationery inscribed Ryen Arabian Ranch that Doug had given her for Christmas. But the next day, after learning of Coopers past, a bloody green button from a prison uniform materialized on the floor along with a hatchet sheath Deputies claimed they had not entered that room before. Her mare was pregnant. That must have been one holy battlefield. With no recent reports on the sole survivor of the murder, his present whereabouts are unknown. Josh Byrne played Brendan Lambert (Frank's youngest son) on every season of "Step by Step" until 1997 (via IMDb ), when he seemingly disappeared from the show completely after Frank and Carol welcomed their one and only biological child together, Lilly Foster-Lambert. Liverpool was sentenced to life in jail, with a minimum 10 years and eight months for the murder plot. How Paul Murdaugh testified "from the grave" to help convict his father A recently escaped convict, Kevin Cooper, was later arrested and found guilty. He has performed on stage in productions of The Lion In Winter, Rabbit Hole, and The Vampires, among other titles. The autopsy reports stated that more than one-hundred-forty wounds, twenty-eight fractures, and two amputations were inflicted on the four murder victims. During Prohibition the Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs opened for business and the Los Serranos County Club soon followed, drawing both day visitors from Los Angeles and bootleggers to the isolated area. I still cant believe that one person could do all that to my family. The San Bernardino Valley is at the eastern end of the San Gabriel Valley, and, along with Riverside County, is part of the Inland Empire, so named to distinguish the region from the coastal areas of Los Angeles County. Further evidence suggesting there had been three killers emerged when police located three murder weapons. "There's something that reminds me of my sister, my mom and my dad and my friend Chris.". The minimum-security area, the only holdover from the Scudder days in terms of appearance, sits in an open, grassy area with dorms, surrounded by a waist-high, chain-linked fence. Memories of The Missouri Mauler by: Jody Hamilton, Killer Karl Kox, Frankie Cain, Bob Orton and George Harris. On the other hand, I was taken by his equanimity and his resolve to prove he was wrongfully convicted of the gruesome Chino Hills murders. While Los Angeles County is home to the City of Angels, Hollywood, Pasadena, Brentwood, Malibu, Bel Air and Westwood, a majority of Americans could not name any city in San Bernardino County other than the county seat itself. For eighteen months, Doug joined Peggy at her clinic, but when Peggy became pregnant they decided to sell the practice. Diaz was first cast on Road Rules season 13 in 2004. With three foals on the way next year and one already born, the Ryens began ranch hunting. Where we are now we should call it Backyard Arabians! Look out a window and see a horse looking back at you but we love it, Peggy wrote. A smudge pattern on her left knee meant she had to be elsewhere for a period of time from where her body was found. Shortsville Fire & Ambulance. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. When I decided to begin researching the Kevin Cooper case in early 2009, I had no pre-conceived notions about his guilt or innocence. Grab your Affinity Mask and use code "hook" for 20% OFF! Because this didnt conform to their hardened view that Cooper was the murder, they disregarded all of it. The medic tore Joshs pajama top off and cut his clothes away and washed away some of the blood and fecal matter on him with a white towel another medic removed from the master bedroom bathroom. At present, Josh Ryen chooses to live a private life. In a revealing interview with The Guardian, the 43-year-old actor opened up about the skyrocketing fame he experienced in his early twenties and its inevitable downside. Peggy Ryen was lying on her back naked in the middle of the room and Doug Ryen, also nude, was kneeling over by the edge of the bed. Ryan lectured at Notre Dame during the 2019-2020 academic year. A live-action/animation hybrid series, Woke followed the exploits of a Black cartoonist named . His back-to-back roles in Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor" and Ridley Scott's "Black Hawk Down". Evidence is now pretty conclusively planted in the nearby house Cooper hid in. In 2001, Kevin Cooper successfully petitioned to have DNA tests done on key pieces of evidence from the case. I felt inadequate holding a handgun.. During the summer of 2009, I made arrangements to interview Kevin Cooper in a visitors cell on death row at San Quentin. }, First published on October 26, 2000 / 12:11 AM. / CBS NEWS. The decline of Ruby. daboss. Many hours had passed since hed heard from the boy, and he was beginning to worry. Download and share thisfact sheetabout Kevin's case. As a teen she aspired to be become a veterinarian, but her mother persuaded her to follow in her footsteps. Furthermore, a T-shirt found at a nearby bar, one that Roper remembered laying out for Furrow that very morning, was found with the Ryens blood on it. "I don't take no for an answer. Pope Francis weighed in on the matter as well due to the fact that Kevin Cooper was mere days away from being executed on death row, a fate that was eventually stayed. Unofficial estimates show that it reaffirms an inmate's guilt in six out of 10 cases. It is not humanly possible. As he approached the master bedroom he saw the bloodied, incredibly lacerated body of Jessica Ryen, sprawled across the doorway. Mainly, this is a simple story of racist scapegoating at its worst. The blow that amputated the finger was delivered with such force that the finger was propelled into a bedroom closet. He was making significant strides as a quarterback, and he was the center of dozens of different starting battles and team . Her purse contained over $40 in cash and numerous credit cards. For the first time ever, he has agreed to speak publicly about what happened to his family and friend that terrible evening on June 4, 1983. #inline-recirc-item--id-a6052540-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child(5) { Trade Count: Hero Member; Posts: 597; Rep: -56; ollies r teh fun; SLAP OG : Been around since SLAP was a mag. It's so small it can't be seen in this photograph from the scene. Surprisingly, the only survivor of the terrifying incident was Douglas and Peggys son, Josh Ryen. None were found to match Kevin Cooper. Doug and Peggy Ryen sold their home in Santa Ana and bought it. Get mad and then get involved! Peggy bought her first two Arabian horses and threw herself into training them. It was produced by Ryen McPherson, with friends Zachary Bubeck, Kevin Zinter, Daniel J. Tanner, and Michael Slyman, as Indecline Films. These hairs are longer than the subjects own head hair.. So I want to know. Many of the wounds to Jessica Ryen were meted out post-mortem. Does California still execute prisoners? Citizens Hose Company. Evidence used to convict Kevin Cooper is being questioned more than 35 years later. One of those weapons, a hatchet, apparently belonged to a man named Lee Furrow. On Thurday, December 9, 2021 Josh duggar was found guilty on both counts of possessing and receiving child pornography. "Python and Ruby on paper are . I'll never be satisfied until I do.". Here she talks with Paul Ingels, who was a detective at the time and later a private investigator. In the kitchen were the Ryens Irish setter, their golden retriever, and three kittens playing on the floor. In 2005, Leckey was hired at WNEP-TV in Scranton. They had been chopped with a hatchet, sliced with a knife, and stabbed with an ice-pick. On several issues, particularly those regarding his criminal record previous to the Chino Hills trial, I found him protective and less than forthcoming. "I just can't see one man doing all that he did," says Mary. 14905 posts. He claimed that all of the evidence was not sent for testing, and hence answers would be hard to find. When Chris did not come home at 9 a.m. to join his family for church the next morning, his mother, Mary Ann Hughes, began calling the Ryens house only to get repeated busy signals. of Corrections and Rehabilitation, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in-depth investigation by Kristof and the New York Times. Ryen Russillo was no different. "Her hand is clenched fighting for her life. Douglas and Peggy Ryen, their 10-year-old daughter Jessica, and 10-year-old Chris Hughes, who was staying at the house, were all hacked and slashed to death. He ran to his parents' bedroom where he found them in a pool of blood. Cooper's case has become a cause celebre, with supporters including Kim Kardashian, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof . Five years after Mexico ceded California to the United States in 1848, the County of San Bernardino was formed out of the vast expanses of deserts and mountains of Los Angeles County. Their pickup truck, a 1976 Chevy Silverado with Ryen Arabians Chino California printed on the side, was still in the driveway with the keys in it. The criminalist first said the blood drop was one blood type and later said it was another, matching Kevin Cooper's blood type. Well have the foal next year. When the Ryens neighbors in Santa Ana began to complain persistently about Peggy keeping her horses in her backyard, Dr. Howell bought a four-bedroom house in Chino Hills with six acres so the horses could be kept there. ", Judge Fletcher's scathing 100-page dissent. The towel ended up on Peggy Ryens leg. When he's not working on his job in construction, he's often alone at the beach or riding his motorcycle. Further, even the little bit of forensic work that was done was totally botched and contaminated at every stage of the process. About half of Chino Hills consisted of undeveloped grazing land for equestrian ranchers and dairy farmers. He sustained that injury on the opposite side of the bed from where his body was found, indicating he was mobile during part of the onslaught. When police recovered the Ryen's station wagon nearly 50 miles away, they found blood on three of the seats. display: none; It doesn't appear to match Kevin Cooper or Lee Furrow. This book is available for purchase through Amazon.com. Josh Ryen is not a household name, and it appears the now forty-seven-year-old wants to keep it that way. He even stabbed them with an ice pick and chopped them with a hatchet. But later, one deputys fingerprints were found inside the closet, indicating he had been in the room and had lied about it, wrote Kristof. Another indication that the solidly built six-foot-two chiropractor had at least a few moments to attempt to ward off the attack was a severed finger on his right hand. But the hair needs to be tested.". When no one answered, she tried to open the door but found it locked. #inline-recirc-item--id-a6052540-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-a6052540-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { Josh, although controversial for leaving so many jobs after short time frames, has proven his skills, and his annual salary is now $2 million. This prevented any experts from reconstructing or reenacting what happened that night in the Ryens home. His hands, wrist and arms also revealed numerous defensive wounds: his left arm was nearly severed and the second finger on his right hand was attached by a flap of skin. Hill passed Chandler Smith for the lead as they approached the start . "It's time for him to be punished. Jeff had gotten to know Cooper over the years, and had visited him about twenty times. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. In June 1983 four people were hacked to death with a hatchet and knife in a Chino Hills house in San Bernardino County. George Blade made his living as a horse shoer, a service he had provided the Ryens for the past eight years. This led Dr. Root to believe the mother was cradling her daughter at one point during the attack.. Only the Ryens station wagon had been stolen. His father, Ralph is Italian-American and his mother, Jane, is Jewish. I am indebted to Josh Robinson for planting the thought in my mind that is prompting me to write these words. The defense attorney, David Negus, clearly did not know what he was doing and made mistake after mistake both procedurally and argumentatively. Sep 11, 2019 1. He then earned his MA in media management from Marywood University in 2007. Chris Hughes endured twenty-six separate wounds, including a deep hatchet gash that ran from his eyebrows to the tip of his nose. Three-and-half years later, Peggy opted to venture out on her own, opening her own clinic in Santa Ana. Shortly after the murders, a woman came forward saying she thought her (white) boyfriend was involved, as he had left a pair of bloody overalls at her house. She called out several names but got no response. Dr. Root said the bruising around the entry wound indicated it occurred early on in the assault. "I think two times, 'Josh, Josh,'" and then I don't remember, so I must have been attacked again at this point.". Oh well, we can always change that. The three-bedroom, two-bath house featured a sunken living room, a family room, and a Jacuzzi in the patio off the master bedroom. It is also a book about how justice can go astray. Search for jobs related to Whatever happened to josh ryen or hire on the world's largest freelancing marketplace with 21m+ jobs. We need the DNA testing to prove something," says Mary Howell. He went on to appear on The Challenge: The Gauntlet 2. Three hours and 42 minutes before midnight, a federal appellate court stayed the execution and saved Kevin Cooper's life. Two other weapons believed used in the murders, a knife and an ice pick or screwdriver, were never found. Amy Sussman/Getty Images. Cooper, a career burglar, had been hiding out in a vacant home near the Ryen home at the time of the incident. But it does succeed occasionally. Overall, I, even as a seasoned anti-death penalty, anti-police activist, was shocked at the level of unfairness, corruption and general incompetence that riddled this case. Ruben Guerrero, a fire department medic, put some Vaseline on Joshs neck wound, then gauzed and bandaged it. On the morning of June 5, 1983, Douglas and Peggy Ryen, their 10-year-old daughter Jessica and Christopher Hughes were found dead in the Ryen home. Whenever someone leaves ESPN, it's a big story. In 2001, at 22, Josh Hartnett was supposed to become the next Leonardo DiCaprio or Matt Damon. My first step was to read and notate the trial transcripts, documents of over eight-thousand pages. It is the true story of the Chino Hills murders, and the prosecution of Kevin Cooper, a prisoner who escaped once too often and found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. He entered the master bedroom and called out to Josh. Cooper made telephone calls from the empty house on June 3 and Both women refused his requests for help or money. As painful as the memories are, what Josh struggles with today is what he can't remember. As we respect his privacy, we hope he has managed to defeat the demons of his past and would like to wish him all the happiness for the coming days. Tom Sizemore, the brilliant but troubled character actor who was a staple of Hollywood cinema in the '90s and early aughts, passed away on Friday after suffering a stroke caused . The blood line of our one mare is a very valuable cross and the foals are going for $20,000 or so. Summary ' Whatever Happened? On a June night in 1983, her son Christopher was having a sleepover at the sprawling, hill-top Chino Hills home of Douglas and Peggy Ryen with their two children, Jessica, 10, and Joshua, 8, when. His system had literally shut down, but he was able to raise eight fingers when Guerrero asked him how old he was. Gavin Newsom ordered additional DNA testing of hair, blood and fingernail scrapings from the victims and on a green button. Peggy had owned her own horses since she was twelve years old, gifts from her twice divorced mother, Dr. Mary Howell. Also available from Amazon, With the purpose of writing about true crime in an authoritative, fact-based manner, veteran journalists J. J. Maloney and J. Patrick OConnor launched Crime Magazine in November of 1998. re: Whatever happened to Josh Reed Posted on 4/8/18 at 10:23 pm to Voteforpedro21. I certainly thought so. This elevates the book above the level of a garden-variety true crime story and situates it firmly in the realm of political critique of the criminal justice system. This then is a book about a gruesome murder case, painfully recounted; all quotes are from either documents or interviews I conducted doing my research. Jessa loves having one her size around., In other news, Peggy mentioned buying a five-year-old Arabian stallion she named Scruffy, and arranging to impregnate one of her mares with the highly regarded stud, Sahara Prince, whose photo was on the back cover of the current Arabian horse magazine. Also suggesting that Doug actively resisted the attack were a number of defensive-type wounds slashed into both of his arms, one of them fracturing the ulna of his right forearm above his wrist. Danny Dias, 34. Hughes ran around to another side of the house and kicked in the kitchen door. "Not that I like it, but I'll be there to support him. In 1983, when he was eight years old, Josh Ryens life changed forever. He majored in business administration. Kevins case was quite different from Mumias, he said, in the sense that Mumia is essentially a political prisoner and Kevin was anything but. He cleaned and sutured the wound. They received over 144 wounds in four . It is important to note right away two things about this uncontested account. "I couldn't live with myself knowing that there could have been a chance that he didn't do it. He even stated that he spotted one of the attackers, although he could not identify him. Indeed, two of Coopers most dedicated supporters, Carole Seligman and Rebecca Doran, did just that. Theft did not appear to be a motive for the killings. "I feel empty in a way, but I have my grandmother. Austin Hill took the lead with one lap to go and won Saturday's 300-mile Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In 1952 Doubleday published Warden Scudders seminal work on penology, Prisoners Are People. The tour was arranged by Jeff Mackler, the executive director of the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, and it involved about fifteen speaking engagements at different venues. An orange towel believed to be from the Ryen home did have a single male DNA profile. Some of the blood stains matched Doug Ryen's blood type. He told Josh to just lie there. In April 2019 a year after Ryan announced that he wouldn't run for re-election to Congress Notre Dame announced that he would be. His parents, his sister, and his best friend were brutally murdered inside his home in Chino Hills, California, and he. He got off to a hot start in 2009 before a midseason rib injury put him out of the lineup, although the 28-year-old still hit .268 with 54 RBI over the 89 games he played. In 1771 the Spanish founded Mission San Gabriel and began using the area to graze the missions cattle. Josh Hamilton's post-Major League Baseball life has been disastrous. Muddling matters even more, a vial of blood had been taken from Cooper years before due to his previous burglary crimes. The door was unlocked, but in his panic, he was tugging it the wrong way. Josh Ryen later said he saw the shadow of one person in the house. What happened Josh Ryen? It was a very bloody scene and my first recollection was that this cant be blood, this is paint, makeupI thought what kind of crazy game is this?. A large crowd gathered outside San Quentin to protest the execution. Beltz, with his gun drawn, entered through the kitchen door. Their goal was to cover all aspects of true crime: Read More, Contents Copyright 1998-2020 by Crime Magazine | J. Patrick O'Connor Editor | E-mail CrimeMagazine.com, Designed by Orman. 48 Hours reported that Josh believes DNA tests are no longer needed and that Kevin needs to serve the sentence he was given. It gives an inside view of not just how one man was railroaded and could be murdered by the state for a crime he didnt commit, but its also a glimpse into the very real way that this racist scapegoating happened and continues to happen throughout the criminal justice system. Whats more, the police even went so far as to destroy evidence. Josh Ryen, 8, was the only one who survived the attack. I don't remember the exact words that Josh used in his lesson, but I'm still thinking about the question he raised. The blood drain pattern running from her right thigh to her right foot indicated to the medical examiner, Dr. Irving Root, that she was standing when she incurred that wound. I heard him speak in September of last year at PTP Spark in Arnold, Missouri. Josh Hutcherson was in one of the biggest film franchises of all time. He soon saw Jessica sprawled in the bedroom doorway and checked her for vital signs. I rated him as QB1 and the number two overall player (behind Saquon Barkley). First published on January 26, 2019 / 10:09 PM. Catapulted by 4. Josh told police that he was woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of his mothers screams. By December Peggy had three Arabians in her backyard, one still in Olympia, and one in training about thirty-five miles away. I then read all the police reports, witness interviews and various newspaper accounts. The Ryens would never get around to fixing up the well-worn house. The role didn't lead to much immediately for Lucas, but in 2000 he appeared in the critically acclaimed Laura Linney-starrer You . With Peggys new responsibilities as a mother and her dedication to her horses, establishing the new chiropractic clinic fell mostly to Doug. Instead, they threw them out, literally, before the case went to trial. At this point the case just gets totally absurd. From the Campaign to End the Death Penalty March 2013. Hughes checked his son and the Ryens for signs of life and found instead massive face and head wounds. "I'm asking people to look at the evidence.". He was stabbed clear through his sternum. Sign the petition and get the latest news on the case by visitingsavekevincooper.org. Two pre-trial developments caused this outcome: The San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department destroyed evidence that could have exonerated Cooper; and his public defender insisted on going it alone. He was moving feebly on the ground. Plus, Life Advice. The California Institute for Men sits in a barren southwest corner of San Bernardino County, sandwiched between two state highways, in the town of Chino. Within days, investigators focused on a suspect: Kevin Cooper. It's you and me.' display: none; The Popes presence and Kim Kardashians support brought public attention to the glaring irregularities within Coopers conviction and the Chino Hills Massacre as a whole. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Josh was moving, but his eyes were glazed and the left side of his head was gashed up. Josh had been left for dead with his throat slit from ear to ear, a hatchet blow to his head that fractured his skull, several stab wounds to his back that broke three of his ribs and collapsed one lung, broke his collarbone, and nearly severed his left ear. Over the preceding ten years, escapes had occurred with unsettling frequency, ranging from eight to thirty per year. Cooper had been convicted in 1985 of the brutal murders of Doug and Peggy Ryen, their ten-year-old daughter, Jessica, and eleven-year-old houseguest Christopher Hughes, and the attempted murder of the Ryens eight-year-old son Joshua. Christopher Hughes, an 11-year-old neighbor who was spending the night at the Ryen home, was also killed. He'd already starred in a series of movies alongside co-stars most adult actors could only dream of, including Tom Hanks in The Polar Express . And secondly, the only living witness Josh Ryen, initially said that Cooper was not the killer even telling a social worker in the emergency room that the murders were committed by 3 or 4 white men. Evidence used to convict Kevin Cooper is being questioned more than 35 years later. Doug and Peggy brought a bottle of pink Chablis. He went to the front door, but no one answered and the door was locked. Unfortunately, that was overshadowed by a story that broke in August concerning a relapse that occurred in Arizona earlier that year. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) _ The maternal grandmother of 11-year-old Joshua Ryen has received permission to adopt the boy, orphaned after an attack that killed his parents, sister and a family friend.