EVERETT – Pam and David Calavan waited a year to see Jina Milius take responsibility for their son Joey’s death.
They’re still waiting.
On Tuesday, they went to Snohomish County Superior Court for Milius’ sentencing.
The Calavans waited 45 minutes for Milius to arrive. She didn’t show.
The Stanwood woman, 19, had pleaded guilty July 21 to vehicular homicide but was not in jail. Her lawyer, Jennifer Kleven, called her at home Tuesday afternoon but couldn’t reach her.
Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Gerald Knight issued a warrant for Milius’ arrest. If she’s found, she’ll be held without bail until her sentencing.
Milius faces up to three years and five months in prison.
“I wish she’d shown up to take responsibility,” said Pam Calavan, Joey’s stepmother.
Joey, 15, was the first of two Calavan boys killed in less than a year. Joey’s older brother Cody Calavan, 19, a U.S. Marine Corps machine gunner, was killed in an explosion in Iraq in May.
Joey Calavan died early Aug. 29, 2003. He was the passenger in a car with Milius. She was driving drunk, and swerved erratically on a narrow rural road to scare him, Snohomish County prosecutors said in court documents.
Her car went off the paved part of 324th Street NW, hit a driveway culvert, flipped over and rolled. Joey Calavan, a Stanwood High School student, died at the scene.
Instead of calling for help, Milius walked away from the crash and was found later at a friend’s house more than a mile away from the scene, court papers said.
In addition, she didn’t have a valid driver’s license, Snohomish County Deputy prosecutor Joan Cavagnaro said.
Three hours after the accident, tests showed her blood-alcohol level was about twice the legal limit, Cavagnaro said.
Reporter Katherine Schiffner: 425-339-3436 or schiffner@heraldnet.com.
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