Homicide victim's body found near Ewan

EWAN — A Cheney area woman is being held on $500,000 bail in the slaying of her son.

Christine Diane Catelli, 58, is charged with second-degree murder (intent to kill), Spokane County Jail records show.

She was booked into the jail at 4:59 a.m. Jan. 15 after deputies found the remains of her son wrapped in garbage bags off Gene Webb Road, in rural Whitman County.

The location near Ewan — a small community between Lamont and Saint John — was close to Rock Lake.

According to Spokane County District Court documents, the remains are suspected to be those of Chase Catelli, 35, though the Spokane Co...