Smith Makes First Court Appearance

The Goldendale woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter and severely cutting her teenage daughter at a Cannon Beach hotel said nothing during her first court appearance Monday.  40-year-old Jessica Smith appeared in court via a video link from the Clatsop County Jail after being arrested late Sunday.  Authorities began looking for her Friday after a housekeeper at the resort found Smith’s toddler dead in a room. Police say the older daughter was badly cut and taken to a Portland hospital for surgery. She is expected to recover.  Smith was silent at her arraignment and looked down during most of her time on screen. She did not enter a plea and is being held without bail.  Her lawyer, William Falls, declined to comment.

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