OR - Barbara Tucker, 19, bludgeoned to death, Gresham; 15 January 1980 *ARREST*

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Troutdale man sentenced to life in prison for 1980s teen murder

After 40 years, Gresham's oldest unsolved homicide case came to a close with the life sentence of a man who killed a teen in 1980 near Mt. Hood Community College.

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''PORTLAND, Ore. — Gresham's oldest unsolved homicide case came to a close with the life sentencing of Robert Plympton on Thursday. The 61-year-old was sentenced to a minimum 40 years in prison for the 1980 murder of a 19-year-old near Mt. Hood Community College.
In March, Multnomah County Circuit Judge Amy Baggio found Plympton guilty of first-degree murder of Barbara Tucker, who was sexually assaulted and beaten to death the night of Jan. 15, 1980.''