Accused double murderer Richard Ross waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday, meaning the case will automatically advance to the Nez Perce County District Court.
Ross is charged with the first-degree murders of 76-year-old Edwina Devin and her 57-year-old son, Michael Devin. According to court documents, investigators believe Ross smothered, strangled or inflicted violence on Edwina Devin at her Cove Road home near Mt. Idaho on the night of Sept. 30th, and smothered or inflicted violence on Michael Devin early the next morning in Lewiston before burning his remains in Devin’s truck.
Ross will be arraigned next Wednesday.
Prosecutors have not decided whether they will seek the death penalty or life in prison in the case.
Ross is also the leading suspect in the strangulation deaths of Bruce and Lynn Peeples at their Grangeville home in 1994. He has not been charged in that case, but the investigation has been reopened. (Lewiston Tribune)
