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Shannon Bettencourt & Francis Weaver & Michael Orren
February 18, 2014
Killer Ward Weaver's stepson charged in Canby murder

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Around 5 a.m. Sunday, Canby police responded to a possible hit-and-run crash in the 200 block of South Locust Street. When they arrived, they found 43-year-old Edward Spangler of Grants Pass dead next to his car with gunshot wounds, according to Sgt. Frank Schoenfeld of Canby police.

Detectives interviewed witnesses and said they believe Spangler had been involved in a drug deal at a Canby apartment complex on South Locust Street when he was shot.

Spangler later died of gunshot wounds from the confrontation, an autopsy report confirmed.

Francis Weaver, 31, (pictured in center of photo above) Michael Orren, 27, and Shannon Bettencourt, 32, were charged with murder.
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Weaver was arrested Tuesday after additional information surfaced in the investigation. All three suspects have been charged with murder.

Canby police confirmed Weaver is the stepson of convicted murderer Ward Weaver, who is currently serving life in prison for raping and killing two Oregon City girls. Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis vanished in 2002 and Weaver was later convicted of killing both girls and hiding their bodies on his property.

Earlier that same year, Ward was accused of raping and trying to kill Francis' 19-year-old girlfriend. Francis called 911 to report the attack and then also gave investigators key information that helped convict Ward in the murders of Gaddis and Pond.

Ward Weaver's father, Ward Weaver, Jr., was convicted in 1981 of killing a young couple and then burying their bodies under a concrete slab behind his home in California. He confessed to beating Robert Radford to death and then raping and strangling the man's fiancee, Barbara Levoy.
http://www.kgw.com/home/Two-arrested-in-drug-related-Canby-death-245911431.html

February 19, 2014
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Ward F. “Pete” Weaver Jr & Ward Weaver & Francis weaver
If convicted, Ward Weaver stepson would be 3rd-generation killer
If Francis Weaver, 31 (pictured right), is convicted in the Sunday killing of a Grants Pass man, he will be part of three generations of murder.
Weaver is the stepson of Ward Weaver (pictured center), an infamous Oregon child killer responsible for the 2002 deaths of 12-year-old Ashley Pond and 13-year-old Miranda Gaddis, both of Oregon City. Ward Weaver pleaded guilty to multiple counts of murder in the deaths, along with attempted aggravated murder and rape in several other cases. He was spared the death penalty as part of a plea deal.
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Ward Weaver’s own father, Ward F. “Pete” Weaver Jr. (pictured left) was found guilty and sentenced to death in 1984 for killing two people. He buried one of the victims under a slab of concrete, a crime almost identical to the one his son would commit some 18 years later, according to numerous newspaper reports from the time.

The disturbing irony in the case is Francis Weaver turned in his stepfather, Ward Weaver, for the Oregon City murders. Francis Weaver was hailed as a hero and spoke openly about his role in the arrest of his stepfather.

“The whole thing just disgusts me. I’d hate to even think that I was brought to this world from a man like that,” Francis Weaver said in an interview with Good Morning America in 2002.
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http://www.kgw.com/home/Three-gener...ver-Francis-Weaver-Pond-Gaddis-246210131.html


February 19, 2014
The men accused of murdering a Grants Pass man on Sunday in Canby stalked him for two hours before shooting him in the face in a drug-deal-gone-bad,
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Orren reportedly sent Weaver a text message in order to figure out where Spangler was. One of the suspects then sent Orren to a parking lot in the 200 block of South Locust Street where he shot Spangler in the face and shoulder,
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Weaver, along with Orren’s wife, placed Orren at the location at the time of the murder. Orren admitted to Weaver that he “plugged him twice,”
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Police later obtained a search warrant and found the 15 lbs. of pot in Spangler's vehicle, documents say.
http://www.kgw.com/home/Suspects-st...ace-in-Canby-murder-conspiracy-246233071.html

Booking photos of francis over the years
http://www.kgw.com/news/slideshows/...r-over-the-years-246240831.html?gallery=y&c=y
 
Man ID'd in deadly Canby wreck, shooting

Police identified a man who died after he was shot and crashed his car Sunday morning.
Around 5 a.m., 43-year-old Edward Kelly Spangler of Grants Pass died in the 200 block of South Locust Street, according to Chief Brett Smith with Canby police.

Officers arrived to find citizens performing CPR on Spangler, who was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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http://www.kgw.com/home/Man-dead-after-Canby-wreck-had-been-hit-by-gunfire-245753561.html
 
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how can she look at this collage of his mugshots

and still call him innocent
even a mom has to wake up sometime​
Ward Weaver's ex-wife says her son is innocent in Canby murder case
The ex-wife of a notorious child killer is defending her son, who is a suspect in a murder in Canby.
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"They know my son wasn't there," said Maria Shaw, Francis Weaver's mother. "He was asleep. He was asleep."

Shaw, who is no longer married to Ward Weaver, was raw with emotion as she proclaimed her son's innocence.

"I will not let my kids do anything stupid especially murder because it's already been his father's blood. It's not even Francis' father," Shaw said. "They all know that. Come and give me a break. It's not going to stick."
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http://www.kptv.com/story/24770493/mother-of-murder-suspect-francis-weaver-says-her-son-his-innocent
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Maria Shaw​
 
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Maria Shaw​
Police are searching for the ex-wife of notorious child killer Ward Weaver in connection to a meth dealing investigation.
Canby police served a search warrant at the Forest Manor Apartment Complex on Locust Street at 6 a.m. Wednesday.

Officers said they have received multiple reports that methamphetamine was being sold at that location by 53-year-old Maria Shaw, also known as Maria Weaver and Maria Stout, and her son Francis Weaver, 31.
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In February, Shaw granted an interview to FOX 12 and said her son was innocent and police were targeting them due to their connection to Ward Weaver.

"I am a good mother and I will not let my kids do anything stupid, especially murder," she said in February.

Francis Weaver remains in custody awaiting trial.

When the warrant was served in Canby on Wednesday, police said they found drug paraphernalia and drug records. Shaw, however, was not there and officers said it is not known where she is.

Shaw is the main person of interest in the latest criminal investigation.
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http://www.kptv.com/story/25268273/police-searching-for-ex-wife-of-notorious-killer-ward-weaver
 
The stepson of child killer Ward Weaver has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The stepson of notorious child killer Ward Weaver has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the killing of a marijuana dealer two years ago.

Francis Weaver was sentenced Friday in Oregon City, a couple days after he was convicted of murder, robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Police said Weaver provided the gun that was used to shoot Edward Spangler of Grants Pass in the robbery-turned-homicide.

"I know he was a good man, a very good man, and a good son," Weaver tearfully told the victim's family. "That was never supposed to happen."
http://www.usnews.com/news/us/artic...-child-killer-ward-weaver-gets-life-in-prison
 
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