Murder in Oregon

Murder in Oregon: Notorious Crime Sites is a visual return to 75 infamous murder scenes profiling the shocking and detailed narratives behind each tragedy. The State of Oregon has been the residence of numerous infamous serial killers including Randy Woodfield, Keith Jesperson (Smiley Faced Killer), Jerry Brudos (Shoe Fetish Killer) and Scott William Cox. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided, these bizarre, infamous and obscure murder sites and stories remain buried awaiting rediscovery. The Murder in Oregon edition features accompanying photographs of most of the crime sites as well as their precise location. The profiles include the fatality victims, perpetrators and for those still living, the penal institution where they are incarcerated. Cases profiled include: Charity Lamb: Frontier Injustice For Blatant Spousal AbusePortland's Famed Witches CastleWasco County Jail: A Killing Site For A Local InformantA Private Detective's Obscure Slaying of A Prosecuting Attorney in Old AstoriaPortland's Historic Court of DeathMerchants Hotel: A Storied History Reconstructed Primarily UndergroundThe Legendary Exaggerations Behind Joseph Bunko KellyPortland Fasting CultFrontier Death On The Columbia GorgeCrime Hotel Incorporated and The Vortex of ViceA Dark StranglerA Contract Killing With A Questionable ResolutionGoing Straight: Portland 1930s Style1946 Willamette River Floating Torso MurdersThe Bowden Bomb: A Domestic FusilladeUnder St. Johns Bridge: A Tainted Patch of Forest BrushThe Johnson Family: Over A Cliff Into Deeper SpeculationDiane Hank: A Babysitter 's Unexplained and Fatal DisappearanceRichard Marquette: A Still Living Relic From A Costly Early Release BlunderWomen's Shoe Fetish KillerRoma Ollison: One of Portland's Last GangstersTed Bundy and Kathleen Parks MurderA Murder Within Law Enforcement RanksMichele Dee Gate's Doomed Saga That Defies ExplanationA Paperboy Axes His Rose Lady Client to DeathRandall Woodfield: From Gridiron Glory To Despised Serial KillerDiane Downs: A Sordid Mother's Shooting of Her ChildrenJoan Leigh Hall's Fatal Stroll Into OblivionThe Savage Legacy of Serial Killer Bobby Jack FowlerDayton Leroy Rogers: The Screwdriver Serial KillerRobert Paul Langley: A Cactus Garden Amidst A Mental HospitalPrison Director Michael Francke's Stabbing A Counterfeit Ticket Ring and Cadaver Deficient MurderKeith Jesperson: Smiley Faced Twisted WreckageTyrom Theis: A Callous Robbery and Execution With A Vanishing PerpetratorHarry Charles Moore: The Control Freak Who Relinquished His GripJesse McAllister and Bradley Price's Seaside Thrill KillingKip Kinkel: A Boy and His GunsMartin Allen Johnson: The Wolf Preying On Innocent LambsEric Tamiyasu: A Silent Killing Eluding A Conclusive MotiveThe Masquerading Façade of Christian LongoWard Weaver III: A Predatory Neighbor With A Predictable OutcomeBrooke Wilberger: An Abduction Following A Twisted TrailScott William Cox: Tick, Tick, Ticking... Confessional Controversy Over a Potential Prostitute Serial KillerAn Impulsive Oceanside Murder and Botched Arson Cover-UpA Seemingly Regular Guy Bloodies Portland's Night SceneRhonda Castro: The Travesty Behind A Trailhead ShoveA Questionable Medical Determination Potentially Clouds A Murder InvestigationKyron Horman: A Child Abduction Scheduled Between a Science Fair and First PeriodOfficer Chris Kilcullen: The Vague Divide Between Sanity and AccountabilityThe Tainted Clackamas Town CenterA Double Life Terminated Violently on a Hotel StairwellChris Harper-Mercer: A Disgruntled Failure Hellbound For His InfernoPortland Protest MurderAnd Even More Murder Narratives....