The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 60

CoaAnsjelea Slimes Thursday, March 11, 1982 Part II 3 'Substantial' Evidence Cited Waitress Guilty of Murder in Baby Daughter's Death A 23-year-old woman was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder in the death of her 7-month-old daughter in March of 1980. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jerrold Oliver, who handled the case without a jury, said there was "substantial" evidence to support the verdict against Mary Ann Benway, who brushed tears from her eyes after the verdict was handed down. Benway, a waitress in an Anaheim restaurant at the time of the offense, faces a maximum penalty of seven years in prison. Oliver scheduled sentencing for April 2. He refused to allow Benway to remain free under $25,000 bail despite an argument by defense attorney Patrick McNeal that she had no prior convictions and would appear in court as scheduled.

But Deputy Dist. Atty. Anthony Rackauckas told the court that Benway's situation has changed from being accused to being con victed. Benway's daughter, Raelynn Millerd, died in Childrens Hospital of Orange County. Doctors there said the infant's body had bruises and other signs of apparent mistreatment that had occurred over an undetermined period of time.

Rackauckas said it was a case of second-degree murder, with the infant dying after being neglected, mistreated and endangered. Former Editor Takes NCCJ Chapter Post Jim Dean, former editor of the Register, is the new executive director of the Orange County chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Dean replaces Alfred Painter, who will remain on the chapter's board of directors. Dean left the Register in April, 1981, to enter public relations. DONKEI.SKN l-os Angoles Times may have been wounded.

Troyer, who escaped from California Men's Colony at San Luis Obispo Jan. 30, is believed to have hidden in home on Ash Street. He raped the resident when she came home, tied her up and escaped in her car, police said. Manhunt Huntington Beach police search parking lot on Beach Boulevard for clues to whereabouts of escaped convict who fled area after scuffle with officer. Fugitive, identified as Kenneth Frederick Troyer, 36, pulled gun which discharged during fight.

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