Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, July 12, 1990 TAG: 9007120533
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B1 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: MARK MORRISON STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Henderson, who faces capital murder, abduction and robbery charges in Augusta County, was arraigned in Baker City, Ore., where he was arrested Tuesday.
He had been a fugitive since January.
Baker County Deputy District Attorney Pat Hanley said that Henderson was read his rights at Wednesday's arraignment and was appointed a public defender, who is on vacation.
Henderson said he would wait until he could talk with the attorney before deciding either to waive his right to extradition proceedings or fight his return to Virginia, Hanley said.
Hanley said she plans to recommend that Augusta County Commonwealth's Attorney A. Lee Ervin begin the paperwork to have Henderson extradited.
If he fights extradition, it could take three months before he is brought back to Virginia.
Ervin would have to file a request for extradition with Gov. Douglas Wilder, who in turn would forward the request to Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt.
The deadline to submit the request to Goldschmidt is Aug. 31, Hanley said. Then the governor would have to issue a warrant ordering Henderson's return.
Hanley said Henderson wore a standard-issue green jail uniform, a full beard and collar-length hair to court Wednesday.
After the hearing, he asked Baker County Deputy Sheriff Bill Graham if there was a way to avoid photographers who were waiting outside the courtroom for his return to the jail.
Graham told him that he could turn his head, Hanley said.
Henderson, of Frost, W.Va., is accused of kidnapping and killing Leann Whitlock, a James Madison University student from Roanoke, on Jan. 5.
Another man, Tommy David Strickler, was convicted on the same charges June 21, and an Augusta County jury recommended that he be given the death penalty.
Henderson was arrested after the FBI traced a telephone call he made from Baker City to West Virginia.
He was being held without bond.
Often described as a drifter, Henderson was not employed, police said. He had apparently been living in Baker City for several months under the alias Raymond Taylor.
A neighbor across the street from where Henderson had been staying said the house does not have running water or electricity.
by CNB