An Oregon mother found dead near an abandoned barn in Washington earlier this month died from blunt force injuries, an autopsy revealed. The body of Joanna Speaks, 32, was found April 8 near the Ridgefield barn. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office said she was likely killed elsewhere and her body moved. The Clark County Medical …
An Oregon police officer was shot and killed Saturday night after pursuing a suspect through the town of Nyssa. Malheur County District Attorney Dave Goldthorpe said that Corporal Joe Johnson, 43, responded to “a call of concern regarding a violent individual damaging property and threatening others,” according to the Malheur Enterprise. When he arrived, he …
Oregon State Police have charged a 35-year-old man with murder in the death of a woman from Cave Junction who was reported missing on March 30. The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office asked the state police’s Major Crime Section to lead the investigation, and investigators found the body of Aleah Aaron, 25, later that day in …
An Oregon murder suspect escaped a courtroom last month after deputies had unshackled him for his court appearance — as required by state law. Edi Villalobos, 28, was accused of stabbing two man in April 2021, killing one of them, and appeared in court last month for jury selection ahead of his trial, KGW reported. …
Coast Guard crews in the Pacific Northwest conducted a daring rescue in extremely rough seas earlier this month after receiving a Mayday call near the mouth of the Columbia River. The choppy surf capsized the boat right in front of a rescue swimmer who’d been sent to take the boater off the yacht, but the …
A retired Oregon veterinarian has been arrested and charged with the murder of a man whose wife he had an affair with years ago. Steve Milner, 55, is charged with second-degree murder, stalking, and violating a stalking order, Willamette Week reported. The paper said that an autopsy ruled that 56-year-old Kenneth Fandrich died from blunt …
The subject of an exhaustive manhunt in the mountains of southwestern Oregon died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an hours-long standoff with police Tuesday night. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, who had previously been convicted of torturing a girlfriend in Nevada, was accused of holding another woman captive and torturing her last week, as CrimeOnline previously …
A 32-year-old Oregon woman has been charged with shoving a toddler onty transit rail tracks in Porthland this week. The incident took place on Wednesday, according to Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt. The 3-year-old girl and her mother were waiting for a MAX train at the Gateway Transit Center MAX platform n northeast Portland …
A woman found dead last week in an Oregon park has been identified, and her boyfriend is now wanted for her murder. The Portland Police Bureau said the body of 27-year-old Kathryn Muhlbach was found Friday afternoon in Powell Butte Nature Park, KPTV reported. Police said at the time the death was “suspicious” but still …
The mayor of a small Oregon town was arrested this week after he allegedly shot at a car carrying a family in an apparent road rage incident. The Hood County Sheriff’s Office said that the family was traveling on Highway 281 Monday night shortly before 9 p.m. “behind an SUV that was driving erratically.” When …
One of the victims of Sunday’s grocery store shooting in Bend, Oregon, was a store employee who “died heroically” trying to disarm the 20-year-old gunman. Ethan Blair Miller shot and killed Safeway customer Glenn Edward Bennett, 84, in the front of the store before encountering employee Donald Ray Surrett Jr. in the back. “This is …
Three people are dead after a gunman opened fire at an Oregon grocery story Sunday night. The suspected shooter is one of the dead, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said, according to the Central Oregon News. Krantz said the gunman apparently came into the Forum Shopping Center parking lot from a residential area behind the …
