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 …
After three weeks on the run, an Oregon mother whose toddler daughter died of suspected fentanyl poisoning was captured Tuesday in Seaside. Mary Elizabeth Jacobo, 26, was involved in a car-jacking and other violent crimes since her daughter’s death in Portland, KGW reported. Jacobo was in possession of a gun when she was taken into …
Police in Oregon have arrested former pro wrestler Billy Jack Haynes for the murder of his wife in their Portland home. The 71-year-old Haynes, whose real name is William Albert Haynes Jr., was hospitalized for a medical condition unrelated to the February 8 murder or the arrest and was formally charged with second-degree murder and …
An Oregon podiatrist charged with sexually abusing two patients in December has been accused by nine more women since that time — and he is still allowed to see patients. The Oregon Medical Board is conducting an investigation, separate from the Portland Police Bureau investigation, and until that is complete Brian M. Bowen, 49, is …
Police in Oregon have determined that a woman found dead near an abandoned barn in rural Clark County was murdered in Portland. Joanna Speaks, 32, disappeared in March, and her body was found in early April about 22 miles north of Portland, as CrimeOnline reported. Police said at the time of the discovery they suspected …
An angry driver shot and killed another angry driver in Portland on Wednesday and then shot another man who began recording the incident on his cell phone. An affidavit says that Geoffrey Edward Hammond was partially blocking an intersection in the Oregon city Wednesday afternoon when another driver, Ryan Martin, pulled up behind him, KOIN …
A hospital security guard was killed and another person wounded in a shooting at Portland, Oregon, hospital on Saturday in an incident that ended hours later with the suspect killed by police during a standoff. Portland Police said they responded to Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital just before 11 a.m. when they were called about a …
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 …
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 …
A Portland State University student surrendered to police in his hometown and was taken back to Portland to face murder charges in the death of another student. Amara Marluke, 19, was shot and killed in downtown Portland early Monday morning, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The suspect, 20-year-old Keenan Harpole, turned himself in to Deschutes County …
A Portland firefighter is facing kidnapping charges after he and two accomplices allegedly kidnapped a man he learned had burglarized his marijuana dispensary in order to teach him a lesson. Douglas L. Bourland, 46, is a 14-year veteran of Portland Fire & Rescue, the Oregonian reported, but was on leave from his job at the …
