Luke Wirkkala Convicted of Murder
Today, Luke Wirkkala was convicted for the murder of David Ryder. The jury was attentive and spent nine days listening to the testimony at trial and receiving exhibits. The jury applied the facts to the law and the defendant was convicted. The Deschutes County District Attorney, Patrick Flaherty, would like to thank the Bend Police Department, the Oregon State Police Crime Lab, the Medical Examiner’s Office, our County Medical Examiner and the staff of the District Attorney’s Office. In particular, thank you to DDA Kandy Gies, CDDA Mary Anderson, Detective Robert Jones, Victim Advocate Debbi Wise and Trial Assistant Carri. Our hearts go out to the family and friends of David Ryder.
Sentencing is scheduled for July 14th at 2:00pm.