PORT ANGELES — Lisa Davis was 28 years old and three months pregnant in August 2000 when her husband, deputy Wally Davis, was shot and killed in the line of duty.
The Clallam County Sheriff’s Department pulled Davis and her adopted daughter, Wally’s biological daughter, into its web of grief.
The prosecuting attorney’s office kept Lisa and her husband’s family apprised of court dates for a murder trial and their decision not to seek the death penalty.
For awhile, Lisa felt supported.
But two years later and with a murder trial set to start in October, Davis, now 31, says she and her family have not been treated with the respect the survivors of victims of horrendous crimes deserve.
“We’ve been victimized again,” Davis said Friday.
Davis said Sheriff Joe Hawe has not kept his promise to hire more deputies and increase backup for officers, a change Davis has lobbied for since her husband’s death Aug. 5, 2000.
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The rest of this exclusive interview with Lisa Davis as well as response from the sheriff’s and prosecuting attorney’s offices appear in the Sunday Peninsula Daily News. Click on SUBSCRIBE to get the PDN delivered to your home or office.