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 …
Oregon police are searching for a 19-year-old man in connection with a deadly shooting Monday night in Riddle. Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene just after 11:30 p.m. and found Devonte Lovell Clark, 20, dead at the scene and a second man, Killian Mavity, 29, with a gunshot wound to the arm. He …
A 39-year-old rock climber was arrested Thursday and charged with planning a shooting attack on a climbing event at a central Oregon state park this weekend. Portland Police Bureau detectives notified Dechutes County deputies about the potential attack on Monday, identifying Portland resident Samson Zebturiah Garner as the suspect, the Dechutes County Sheriff’s Office said. …
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 …
An Oregon man has been accused of kidnapping a woman in Washington, sexually assaulting her, and keeping her in a makeshift cinder block cell in his garage until she escaped and flagged down a passing driver to call 911. The FBI tracked Negasi Zuberi to Reno, Nevada, and arrested him after a brief standoff. He …
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 …
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. …
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 …
