Middleman
Defender of the month
I don't know if you all heard about this story. A 5'3" female prison guard was left alone in the prison chapel where a serial rapist, lifer was. She was strangled and left for dead.
Since when are there female guards in mens' prison? This was news to me. What do you think? I thought they only hired burly tough guys for that job.
Inmate had history of violence towards women - Seattle News - MyNorthwest.com
Since when are there female guards in mens' prison? This was news to me. What do you think? I thought they only hired burly tough guys for that job.
Inmate had history of violence towards women - Seattle News - MyNorthwest.com
Jayme Biendl, 34, was only 5 foot 3 inches, but she stood tall among her peers.
"Officer Biendl was the corrections officer of the year at Monroe, 2008," says Department of Corrections spokesman Chad Lewis. "She'd been with the department since 2002 and was very well respected, and very well liked."
Biendl often lead religious programs in the prison's chapel. It was there, Lewis says, she was found unconscious, Saturday night, "medical officials declared her dead at the scene."
Investigators say she had been strangled.
The prime suspect in her death is 52-year-old inmate, Byron Scherf who'd been missing during a head-count an hour earlier and had been promptly found in the chapel lobby.
Scherf has a history of violence towards women, according to the Spokesman Review.