PORT ANGELES — Robbie Wayne Davis, who is accused of trying to kill his stepuncle with a deadly dose of insulin, faces additional counts of threatening a deputy prosecutor and a caseworker.
A trial-setting hearing originally set for Friday for the 39-year-old Port Angeles man was moved to 1 p.m. Tuesday because his defense attorney was not available Friday.
Davis, who waived his right to a speedy trial, is being held in the Clallam County jail on $50,000 bail, court papers said. He remained in jail Saturday.
Port Angeles police said Davis injected Richard Haynes with insulin June 15 while Haynes was being treated for an unrelated ailment at Olympic Medical Center.
A nurse discovered the 57-year-old non-diabetic with dangerously low blood sugar shortly after being visited by Davis, court papers said.
Davis was charged in June with first-degree attempted premeditated murder and first-degree assault-administers destructive or noxious substance. Aggravated circumstances accompanied both charges.
Haynes, who had Down syndrome, has since died of complications from pneumonia. He died Oct. 15.
Threats to kill
Two counts of harassment-threats to kill have been added to the case after another inmate at the jail intercepted letters that contained threats directed toward Alexandrea Schodowski, Clallam County deputy prosecuting attorney, and Heather Murphy, adult protective services caseworker.
In the letters, which were recovered from a jail cell garbage bag, Davis referred to injecting his stepuncle with insulin multiple times at the hospital, Port Angeles Police Detective David Arand wrote in the certification for probable cause.
The inmate told police that Davis also verbally admitted to making multiple attempts at killing Haynes by poisoning him with insulin, according to the police arrest narrative.
All six letters contained threats against Murphy. Some contained threats against Schodowski. Charges were added last fall.
One letter contained a threat against Clallam County Superior Court Judge George L. Wood, Arand said.
Known samples of Davis’ handwriting were sent along with the letters to a State Patrol crime lab in Cheney for analysis.
A mental evaluation was conducted on Davis, the results of which were not available in court papers.
The evaluation has delayed the trial, which was previously scheduled for Dec. 8.
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