Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Trial reset in Aragon death case

Judge sets hearing on motion to dismiss manslaughter charge


By TERRY SMITH
Express Staff Writer

A jury trial has been postponed to this summer for Robert Aragon, a Jerome man charged in Lincoln County with involuntary manslaughter in the Christmas Day death of his 11-year-old daughter.

The trial, scheduled to begin May 6, was reset Monday to July 7.

Fifth District Court Judge G. Richard Bevin scheduled a date of May 15 to hear a motion to dismiss the case filed by Jerome attorney Patrick McMillen, public defender for Aragon.

Aragon, 55, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony injury to a child. After his car became stuck in snow on Christmas morning on West Magic Reservoir Road, Aragon allegedly allowed his daughter, Sage Aragon, and 12-year-old son, Bear Aragon, to attempt to walk some nine miles through frigid and windy conditions to visit their mother, who was house sitting in the West Magic Reservoir area.

Bear was found later that evening, cold but alive, in a roadside restroom. Sage was found about 2 a.m. the following morning and pronounced dead later at St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center.

Terry Smith: tsmith@mtexpress.com




 Local Weather 
Search archives:


Copyright © 2024 Express Publishing Inc.   Terms of Use   Privacy Policy
All Rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Express Publishing Inc. is prohibited. 

The Idaho Mountain Express is distributed free to residents and guests throughout the Sun Valley, Idaho resort area community. Subscribers to the Idaho Mountain Express will read these stories and others in this week's issue.