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    Andrew Thomas Jondle Pleads Receives Life Sentence in 2010 OR Slaying of Parents



    A man accused of killing his parents at their Dallas farm in an apparent robbery attempt last year has been scheduled for trial in 2012.

    Andrew Thomas Jondle, 20, is scheduled for trial on accusations of aggravated murder and other charges beginning Jan. 31, 2012.

    Polk County District Attorney Stan Butterfield has said he will seek the death penalty in the case. Aggravated murder is the only conviction punishable by death in Oregon.

    Jondle is accused in the Aug. 31 slayings of his parents, David Scott Jondle, 61, and Marilyn Jondle, 58. The couple was found dead at their farm, 16055 Gilliam Road, about three miles south of Dallas.

    David Jondle died from multiple stab wounds from a scythe, and Marilyn Jondle died from blunt-force trauma from a metal pipe, according to autopsies.

    A co-defendant in the case, Cindy Lou Beck, 47, has been scheduled for trial Nov. 15, Butterfield said.

    Beck also faces charges of aggravated murder. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty in her case because “Beck’s alleged involvement in the murders is more attenuated than that of (Andrew) Jondle,” Butterfield wrote in an e-mail to the Statesman Journal.

    According to investigation documents, Andrew Jondle and his girlfriend, Beck, sought to rob his parents by stealing money and credit cards and also wanted to inherit the family farm.

    Abundant Life Farm was started by David and Marilyn Jondle, who moved to the Mid-Valley in 2000. They farmed based on sustainable agricultural practices and produced poultry, eggs, pork, beef and lamb without antibiotics or hormones.

    Andrew Jondle and Beck also have court hearings scheduled for Feb. 23.

    Jondle is scheduled to appear for a status check; Beck’s appearance is a bail hearing.

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    Andrew Jondle pleads guilty in murder of parents at Dallas farm

    A man accused of killing his parents at their farm near Dallas last year has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder.

    Andrew Thomas Jondle pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated murder in the slayings of his parents, David Scott and Marilyn Ruth Jondle on Aug. 30.

    Polk County District Attorney Stan Butterfield, who previously sought the death penalty against Andrew Jondle, agreed to recommend a minimum 50-year sentence in exchange for Jondle's testimony against a co-defendant, his girlfriend Cindy Lou Beck.

    "I believe, and the sense I get based on letters I’ve received form family and friends and community members than knew David and Marilyn Jondle, that they did not want to see Andrew Jondle receive the death penalty," Butterfield said. "I believe the 50 year sentence he will serve is in keeping with the general sense of justice in this matter."

    Andrew Jondle and Beck were charged with aggravated murder in the slayings. Andrew Jondle also pleaded guilty today to two counts of robbery and a count of burglary. He had been indicted in September on charges of two counts each of aggravated murder, murder and robbery and one count of burglary.

    Plea negotiations began Wednesday with the assistance of Multnomah County Judge Eric Bergstrom. Andrew Jondle's formal sentencing hearing is tentatively scheduled after Beck's trial, which is set for November.

    According to a probable-cause statement:

    Andrew Jondle rode a motor scooter from Salem to his parent’s farm near Dallas. He attacked his father with a steel pipe as he left the house, and then attacked his mother after she saw what happened.

    Jondle tried to stage a robbery at the house, taking credit cards, jewelry and cash, and returned to Salem. Jondle and Beck stashed his bloody clothes in a Dumpster. Police suspect Jondle and Beck hoped to inherit the farm after the murders.

    David, 61, and Marilyn, 58, Jondle owned Abundant Life Farm, a 210-acre sustainable farming operation. They were well-known in the local-food community for raising grass-fed, free-range cattle and poultry.

    They moved to the Dallas area several years ago from Silicon Valley, where David Scott Jondle — who most often went by Scott — worked as an engineer for aerospace companies.

    Charges against Beck, 46, are pending.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heidi View Post
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    "I believe, and the sense I get based on letters I’ve received form family and friends and community members than knew David and Marilyn Jondle, that they did not want to see Andrew Jondle receive the death penalty," Butterfield said. "I believe the 50 year sentence he will serve is in keeping with the general sense of justice in this matter."
    I´m sure the parents chenged their mind. I don´t want to be murdered, but if I would me murderer I hope the killer gets the DP. It´s in my eyes a strange move of the lawyer.

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    Woman who plotted Dallas couples' murder sentenced

    A Dallas-area woman who plotted with her boyfriend to murder his parents in hopes of inheriting their farm will serve 20 years in jail, after agreeing to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit murder Tuesday.

    Cindy Lou Beck, 47, agreed to the plea agreement one year to the day since the murders of David and Marilyn Jondle, who were killed at their Dallas-area farm west of Salem, where they raised free-range cattle and poultry.

    In exchange for the testimony against Beck, the couple's son 21-year-old Andrew Thomas Jondle pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated murder and burglary, netting a sentenced of 50 years in prison.

    Prosecutors had earlier sought the death penalty. Jondle and Beck plotted to rob and kill the elder Jondles because the pair needed money and wanted to inherit the farm.

    Prosecutors said the apparent motive was to steal money to avoid being evicted from the Salem apartment where Jondle and Beck lived together. The pair hoped to inherit the finances to prove to the state that Beck could provide a proper home for her children which had been taken into Department of Human Services' custody months before the killings.

    The victims had strongly disapproved of the couple's relationship.

    Prosecutors said the victims' relatives supported the plea agreement.

    http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Co-con...128827778.html

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    Man gets life for killing his parents, his girlfriend gets 20 years

    A young man who murdered his parents because he and his girlfriend needed money will be spending his life in prison.

    David Jondle, 61, and his wife, 58-year-old Marilyn Jondle, were found bludgeoned to death last year in their home near Dallas, Oregon.

    The two ran the Abundant Life Farm, a 200-acre refuge about 20 miles east of Salem, and the violent murders shook those who knew the family.

    On Monday the couple's son, 21-year-old Andrew Jondle, was handed his sentence. He had pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in a plea bargain where he will serve at least 50 years in prison before being considered for release.

    Jondle's girlfriend, 48-year-old Cindy Lou Beck, was sentenced on Monday as well to 20 years in prison for conspiracy. She had also agreed to a plea deal.

    The two hatched a plan to kill Jondle's parents (pictured at right) so they could get money to help pay bills, specifically their rent.

    Jondle is the one who killed his parents and Beck was charged for her part in the planning.

    News Release from the Polk County District Attorney's Office


    Today, Andrew Jondle, 21, was sentenced to a 50 year minimum life sentence and Cindy Lou Beck, 47, was sentenced to 20 years for their respective roles in the 2010 slaying of David Scott Jondle and Marilyn Ruth Jondle. The Jondle's were found dead on August 31, 2010 at their farm on Gilliam Road in unincorporated Polk County, Southwest of Dallas. The killings initially made national headlines, in large part due to the fact that Andrew Jondle used a reaping scythe as one of the murder weapons.

    Today's sentencing proceedings were the result of pleas entered earlier this summer. Judge Eric Bergstrom, of Multnomah County handed down sentences during two separate hearings held today in the Polk County Courthouse. The out of county judge had been assigned to facilitate settlement conferences which ultimately led to the pleas.

    Cindy Lou Beck, received a 20 year sentence for her role in the murders. Beck had already pleaded no contest to two counts of Conspiracy to Commit Murder on August 30, 2011, but the sentence was pronounced today. Polk County District Attorney, Stan Butterfield, said at the hearing that Beck had conspired with Andrew Jondle to murder Jondle's parents, and also said that Beck had used a scam form of "psychic channeling" to manipulate Andrew Jondle into actually carrying out the murders.

    Beck met Andrew Jondle at the beginning of July 2010 and shortly thereafter he moved into her Salem apartment. Within 60 days of living together, the two hatched a number of schemes for killing Andrew Jondle's parents. Beck was able to convince Andrew Jondle to kill his parents by pretending to receive messages from animal or tree spirits. Defense attorneys had Andrew Jondle tested during the course of the case and determined that Andrew Jondle was not mentally retarded or insane, but that he was of limited intelligence and very gullible. Andrew Jondle expressed in an interview with law enforcement officials earlier in the summer that he had killed his parents because the spirits through Beck had told him they needed to die so his parents wouldn't harm Beck's children. He further said the rent money that he stole and the possibility of inheriting proceeds from the sale of his parent's farm were, "…just an added bonus."

    The two had come up with several plans that would have left the appearance of an accident. When it came time to actually put the plans into action, Andrew Jondle used their fall back plan. The back-up plan was to make the murders look like part of a home invasion burglary.

    The Department of Human Services (DHS) had taken Beck's two children into custody several months before the murders. Beck appears to have been motivated solely by her need for money. She needed money to prevent an eviction from her apartment and to prove to the state that she had the means to properly care for her children.

    Butterfield said he originally sought the death penalty for Andrew Jondle, but as the case unfolded, he reconsidered. "Andrew Jondle agreed to cooperate with the state in our case against Cindy Beck, if he hadn't I would not have agreed to the life sentences with the 50 year minimum." Butterfield said. Andrew Jondle pleaded guilty to two counts of Aggravated Murder and one count of robbery in July. Today the judge gave Jondle a sentence of life with a 50 year minimum. After 50 years he can ask the state for parole.

    The murdered couples' other two sons, as well as Marilyn Jondle's brother, mother and step-father were present in the courtroom for the sentencing proceedings. In July and August the victim family members were consulted as part of plea negotiations between the state and the attorneys for the two defendants and were supportive of a settlement rather than going forward to trial.


    http://www.katu.com/news/local/130163708.html

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