An Oregon woman was arrested last week after police found her 11-year-old son, who is low-functioning and non-verbal, unsupervised in the home filled with excrement, rotting garbage, and piles of clothes and trash. Ruby Itzayana Godina-Velador, 32, was charged with three counts of criminal mistreatment, KATU reported. Police were initially called when the boy did …
An Oregon man has been charge with attempted murder after he allegedly set off an explosion and fired gunshots at the front door of an apartment in Cornelius. Samuel Christian Lund, 37, was charged last week with five counts of attempted aggravated murder, four counts of unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree arson, felon in …
The father of an Oregon toddler found dead in the Siletz River after an 11-day search earlier this year has been charged with a misdemeanor neglect charge. Court documents say that Aaron Paulsen had “custody or control of Dane Paulsen, did unlawfully and with criminal negligence leave Dane Paulsen, a child under the age of …
Five people were found dead in Oregon on Monday in what authorities are investigating as a murder-suicide. KDRV reported that a welfare check was requested for a Grants Pass residence after Hannah Behee, 42, failed to show up for work. Officers responding to the home found her deceased, alongside 40-year-old Chad Behee, a 7-year-old girl, …
An Oregon man already charged with the deaths of three women was indicted this week for the death of a fourth. Jesse Lee Calhoun is now charged with the 2022 murder of 22-year-old Kristin Smith in Multnomah County, ABC News reported. Calhoun was charged last year with three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of …
Unidentified human remains were found last week in an abandoned storage unit in Oregon. The Dalles Police Department said it was called at about 9:30 a.m. on July 29 about the discovery by a person who had bought the abandoned storage unit. That person said there were possible human remains in a container inside the …
A 19-year-old Oregon man has been charged with murder in the death of his 6-week-old son. Gladstone Police said they were called on April 20 after Randall Children’s Hospital admitted the boy with a severe brain injury, KPTV reported. Maliki Skutley was initially charged with first-degree assault after police investigated the incident. But the boy, …
An Oregon man was sentenced to 34 years in prison this week after he pleaded guilty to gunning down a man who threw a sandwich at his car and then tried to kill the only witness to the murder. Jacob Fitzgerald, 24, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, attempted first degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, burlary, …
Crews this week pulled the partial remains of a station wagon from the Columbia River Gorge — a vehicle that may have belonged to a family of five that disappeared while out looking for Christmas greenery nearly 70 years ago. The car fell apart as the salvage crew pulled it out of the water on …
Oregon authorities are searching for a toddler who was last seen on Saturday playing in the yard of a home in Siletz. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has organized an extensive search involving multiple agencies with foot searches and aerial drones equipped with cameras and thermal imaging. The 2-year-old boy, Dane Paulsen, was last seen …
A bedridden 80-year-old woman was found dead and stuffed in suitcase on the banks of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, earlier this week, and man has been charged with her murder. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said it was called to the river on Sauvie Island on Monday after the body was found, and …
Oregon police have arrested a teacher and her parents after they were indicted on child abuse charges and found hiding out in a coastal hotel. A Deschutes County grand jury handed up indictments for Sarah Session, 33; Paula Hardenburg, 60; and Gary Hardenburg; 65, on Tuesday, but they were not arrested until Friday when US …
