POLICE REVIEW EVIDENCE IN WOOD KILLING NEIGHBORS HELPING BOY'S MOTHER PAY FOR TODAY'S FUNERAL Detectives investigating the Christopher Wood homicide spent Monday sifting through evidence gathered during a busy weekend of search warrants and interviews with the boy's family and neighbors.Robert J. Wood, Christopher's father, remains the only ``person of interest'' in the case. He's being held in jail on $100,000 cash bail for an unrelated theft charge.The five Spokane County sheriff's detectives on the case needed a day to review clues, according to

WOOD'S HOUSE CENTER OF PROBE DETECTIVES SEARCH FOR CLUES IN BURNED OUT HOME More than a dozen investigators sifted through the remains of Robert J. Wood's Newman Lake home Saturday, looking for evidence that would point to who torched the house and murdered his child.Detectives removed material from the home that is believed to be connected to the strangulation of 11-yearold Christopher Wood, Spokane County Sheriff Mark Sterk said.Sterk said a piece of carpet that appears to contain ``body fluids'' is being examined. He declined to

BOY STRANGLED: Eleven-year-old Christopher Wood was strangled, and his father is the prime target of a widening criminal investigation, authorities said Friday.Sheriff's detectives searched Robert J. Wood's 4-wheel-drive pickup truck for evidence and planned to sift through the charred remains of his Newman Lake home today.The home was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning, and Christopher was reported missing within a few hours. The boy's body was discovered halfway down a snow-covered

CLASSMATES SHED TEARS, RECALL FUN TIMES Teachers at East Farms Elementary School started Friday by asking students their reactions to Christopher Wood's death.``Where were you when you heard the news? What did you think? How did you feel?'' said East Farms Principal Mike Uphus. ``There were some tears, especially among the fifth-graders who knew Chris well.''But then, Meg Elyard, who was Christopher's teacher, got her students to share their memories, telling what they liked about him and

WOOD'S NEIGHBORS ARE SHOCKED, NOT SURE WHAT TO THINK The prairie cradling Christopher Wood's suburban neighborhood was a boy's fertile play field of forts and BMX trails.Parents feared, at worst, for scraped elbows.But comfort turned to alarm Thursday evening as Newman Lake parents learned that 11-year-old Christopher had been found dead 40 miles away.Wood's father is a ``person of interest'' in the case.The news left residents unsure what to think. Is an abductor - or murderer - lurking in the cul-de-sacs

MISSING 11-YEAR-OLD FOUND DEAD BOY'S BODY DUMPED AT DEER LAKE The body of a missing Spokane Valley boy was found dumped down an embankment here Thursday, and detectives believe his father may have been involved in his death.Authorities don't know how 11-year-old Christopher Wood died or how his body got so far from home, but they are treating the case as a homicide.The boy's father, Robert J. Wood, was booked into the Spokane County Jail on an unrelated theft charge Thursday.Investigators also are treating the 43-year-old Wood as a