Parents charged with child endangerment after twin boys found wired into room
Left to right: Frank Oliver Jr. and Courtney Walden
The parents of twin 21-month-old boys, who were locked alone inside their Oroville bedroom with a wired shut door are facing child endangerment charges, according to the Butte County District Attorney.
Posted: Feb 10, 2021 4:02 PM
Updated: Feb 10, 2021 5:23 PM
Posted By: Deb Anderaos
OROVILLE, Calif. – The parents of twin 21-month-old boys, who were locked alone inside their Oroville bedroom with a wired shut door are facing child endangerment charges, according to the Butte County District Attorney.
Butte County District Attorney, Mike Ramsey, said the mother, Courtney Walden, and Father Frank Oliver Jr., came under scrutiny in November after social workers received multiple referrals on the family regarding drug use, domestic violence, and neglect of their children.
Former Chesterton resident Richard C. Griffin, 74, of Highlands Ranch, CO, passed away peacefully at home on December 10, 2020, after a fast-growing lymphoma cancer resurgence.
He was born November 12, 1946, in Valparaiso, Indiana, to Frank Oliver Griffin, Sr. and Betty Louise Bednar Griffin.
He married Sheila Walters on August 15, 1992, who survives.
He is also survived by his daughters Kristin (Rod) Spearman and Karin Griffin, his four beloved grandsons Kyle and Scott Spearman and Devon and Drew Heywood, three brothers Robert (Juanita), Frank Oliver, Jr. (Shawne), and Craig (Michelle), a sister Darlene Griffin, all in Colorado, a sister-in-law Judy Griffin of Las Vegas, and his ex-wife Linda Dalton of Chesterton, Indiana.