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. …
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 …
An Oregon woman reported missing last week was found dead this week in a landfill. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said that 27-year-old Kaylee Birdzell was reported missing by her sister on August 5, according to KOIN. Two days later, court documents say, deputies got an anonymous call saying that Birdzell’s ex-boyfriend, 31-year-old Fabian Albert …
An Idaho woman and her teen daughter with special needs, who had not been seen since leaving for a camping trip on June 30, have been found dead from an apparent murder-suicide. Dawna Roe, 52, and Gabrielle Roe, 16, were last seen in their van heading west on Interstate 84 near Fruitland, as CrimeOnline previously …
An Oregon man has been arrested on kidnapping, sexual abuse, and rape charges after investigators found a 13-year-old Canadian girl with him over the weekend. Canadian police said on Saturday they planned to charge Noah Madrano, 40, with child luring as well, CBC reported. The teen was reported missing on June 24 when she failed …
Self-published romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the murder of her chef husband at his downtown Portland workplace in 2018. Crampton Brophy, 71, would be eligible for parole after serving 25 years, KGW reported. She was found guilty of second degree murder on May 25 at the …
