GRESHAM, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) – For the family of a husband and wife from Oregon, who were killed in a June car crash, the indictment of a suspect is a step toward justice but far from closure.
Eyasu Bedasso, 22, was indicted Oct. 31 and arrested by investigators last Wednesday, according to the Gresham County Police Department. He was booked into jail for two counts of second-degree manslaughter, two counts of criminally negligent homicide and reckless driving.
The charges stem from a June 16 car crash that killed 69-year-old Theresa Heick and her husband, 79-year-old Robert Heick.
Police say Bedasso was driving an SUV when he collided with the couple’s car on Southwest Towle Avenue. Theresa Heick, who had been driving, died at the scene. Her husband was critically injured and taken to the hospital, where he later died…