OR - 6 women found dead near Portland, most in secluded, wooded area, Feb 19 - May 8, 2023 *POI of 4*

[medic323]

Honestly, I see physical similarities between all victims outside of UK. Shoulder-length brown hair, white, petite, and vulnerable. Can't recall where I saw it but at least 2 of the women were under 5'2". Homelessness/drug addiction is not much different from when serial killers of the 70s/80s targeted sex workers. They prey on the vulnerable.
I feel UK is being lumped in with the others but isn't actually connected.

I definitely feel this may be connected and the person has tried to avoid being found by dumping in different counties.

There's still so much(TOO much) we don't know. COD for everyone, obviously, would be helpful. As well as if there were any signs of sexual assault.

I've been consistently angered with PPB for not providing the public with information in general regarding homicides in Portland. For instance, recently we had two separate shootings within 4 hours in 2 separate bars(not far from each other), each bar had 3 people shot. PPB gave zero suspect info and insinuated they weren't even sure if there were one or more shooters, but they also did not say whether they believed there was any threat to the public or if they were connected or targeted. Extremely frustrating and upsetting, so I quite honestly don't believe them when they say there's no reason to believe they're connected. Any LE agency is going to say that until they're 100% certain, to avoid public panic.

 

[Wendysprn27]

New information this morning from OregonLive news site

3 of 6 women found dead in Oregon, Washington may share potential connections

3 of 6 women found dead in Oregon, Washington may share potential connections
3 of 6 women found dead in Oregon, Washington may share potential connections

 

[dub]

New information this morning from OregonLive news site

3 of 6 women found dead in Oregon, Washington may share potential connections

3 of 6 women found dead in Oregon, Washington may share potential connections
3 of 6 women found dead in Oregon, Washington may share potential connectionsView attachment 427244

Whoa. So there’s the CP eastside connection. I’d really been wondering about that because it didn’t make sense to me that any of these women had been picked up/taken from downtown.

Also interesting that the article notes that all three of CP, JS, and BW died within three weeks of each other in April, but I suspect that’s a misprint and should read they were FOUND within three weeks (which is true).

 

[Allynator]

I just started my Serial and Mass Murder summer course this week for my CJ degree. Keeping an eye on this one.

 

[Skittles81]

They all seem to have similar look - especially the nose and chin & be close in age. It seems too coincidental for similar age & look and area found over a 5 month period to not be related.

From what I found only KS and AR have actual missing dates. The others are "last seen" or "last known contact" roughly March 2023. That makes me wonder if the UI, JS, CP, and BW are related as they seem to be vulnerable persons.

 

[whesleysgirl]

Interstate 84 is the longest freeway in Oregon, at over 375 miles in length, and is the only Interstate to traverse the state from west to east. Curious if a long haul trucker may have been responsible....

 

[dub]

They all seem to have similar look - especially the nose and chin & be close in age. It seems too coincidental for similar age & look and area found over a 5 month period to not be related.

From what I found only KS and AR have actual missing dates. The others are "last seen" or "last known contact" roughly March 2023. That makes me wonder if the UI, JS, CP, and BW are related as they seem to be vulnerable persons.

The UID doesn't seem to be related, she was the only one whose death was determined to not be suspicious, and she was in a tent rather than dumped. But I've thought from the start that JS, CP and BW were, and the more information that comes out the more strongly I feel that.

I'm not sure if you mean "vulnerable" in general due to lifestyle factors (which, yes, I believe is true of all of them), or a euphemism for homeless... I bring it up because I do not believe that BW was homeless. The article above seems to indicate that BW lived in an apartment in Clackamas County. I am not sure about the others, but reading between the lines it kinda sounds like they were.

But yes, you're right that at this time only KS and AR have hard missing dates. All I know is that it was "early March" for CP and March 15th for JS. Did you see somewhere that BW had a last contact date in March? I haven't seen anything anywhere about her last contact, and that's been a big mystery to me.

I have been thinking though that if BW had an apartment, that might be able to narrow down her missing date, because LE could maybe determine whether or not she paid rent for April. I have a feeling--and again this is just reading between the lines--that BW had not been deceased for too long when she was found, and probably went missing in mid-late April.

 

[SpicyFruit]

I can't believe I had not heard about this until seeing the Unidentified Women posted by an MMIW group I follow on FB. Quickly came over here and I am surprised there is not more activity on this thread. I need to go read each individual threads. When did people start thinking it might be a SK?

 

[dub]

Interstate 84 is the longest freeway in Oregon, at over 375 miles in length, and is the only Interstate to traverse the state from west to east. Curious if a long haul trucker may have been responsible....

I don't think the dump sites are really suggestive of a long haul trucker. I don't know precisely where all of them are, but of the three I have nailed down to a very narrow area, I feel like an 18 wheeler would be VERY out of place at the locations for KS and CP, and probably also at the one for AR.

Also if he was doing long haul, why dump them so close to Portland in (mostly) pretty well traveled areas? Why not hundreds of miles further out where it's way more desolate?

I have been thinking though that it could be someone working in shorter-range transport or something similar, and he found some of the sites/areas while on the job and returned later to them in his own vehicle with the bodies.

 

[liona]

After doing some research I verified that there may be a few uid’s of interest in the region that were found in 2022. None have a thread here yet but this is what I find curious too. How has this been so quiet?

 

[cujenn81]

After doing some research I verified that there may be a few uid’s of interest in the region that were found in 2022. None have a thread here yet but this is what I find curious too. How has this been so quiet?

The three highlighted bodies were also found in the months of March, April, May… that could be significant.

Is this typical? Does anyone know how many unidentified bodies are found in the region in any given year?

 

[GoBuckeyes]

I’d trade out mass shooters for serial killers all day.

What a morbid prospect. MOO

 

[GoBuckeyes]

I had a comment removed by mods for not adhering to social media rules (apologies, infrequent user here) but there is somewhat reliable seeming information that KS and AR were best friends. I don’t know that this has to mean someone known to them is potentially responsible, but at the very least they probably had overlapping habits or routines and likely frequented similar areas or groups of people.

Don't sweat it. I don't know anyone but mods who haven't had posts deleted. Welcome to the club.

That's very interesting the connection between the two.

 

[GoBuckeyes]

A very possible link here is that some of these women may have been drug users and were frequenting rougher areas of PDX with homeless camps. Many of the individuals camping in these area can be very dangerous and threatening due to mental illness and drug use.

If we believe that some or all are linked, it doesn’t seem farfetched that an individual is scoping out these rougher areas, Lents being one possibility, and targeting young vulnerable women who are alone, on foot, and possibly high.

With a car, the 6 different areas where remains were found really aren’t strange or far from each other. They seem to create a radius around the same area in SE PDX.

I initially dismissed the SK idea. But I've reconsidered. I'm starting to see it.

 

[dub]

Gresham police ask for help in finding woman not seen since August 2022

Another woman missing from Gresham.

Last seen by family in August 2022, but the article says she was in contact with family until “recently”—date of last contact is not specified.

 

[EstrellaEspectral]

Gresham police ask for help in finding woman not seen since August 2022

Another woman missing from Gresham.

Last seen by family in August 2022, but the article says she was in contact with family until “recently”—date of last contact is not specified.

I really hope she is found safe.

I pulled a list off the state website the other day and narrowed it down to women over 18 missing from Multnomah and Clackamas counties since August. Sadly, it was pretty long. I didn’t include under 18 to filter out runaways and because we haven’t found any underage possible victims. Hoping and praying it stays that way.

Now, is there one killer or multiple? These girls didn’t place themselves in those spots. They didn’t just walk highways and keel over and die.

And if drugs are the link, well, we have some sicko killing these girls due to a disease. A disease we have treatment for. A disease that can be cured. And how many lives could they have gone on to save once they went through treatment? They were young and had lives ahead of them.

Someone pointed out earlier that Portland has a political war going on, and they are 100% correct. In no way am I trying to make this political, but there is a piece of me that wonders if that factors in a tiny bit. Someone that lives in or near that is angry with what’s happening and uses it as an excuse to justify killing these vulnerable women. To be clear, I’m not blaming one side or the other. There are terrible people that exist within different political ideologies all over. It’s just a thought that’s crossed my mind as I’ve witnessed so much hatred towards the homeless. I believe most people on both sides of the aisle want them to be housed, healthy, and happy, we just disagree on which policies will return results.

I’ve kinda scaled back from looking at this too much the last couple days as I needed a break. I’ve been following true crime for years, ever since Miranda and Ashley were found in Ward Weavers yard when I was a teen. I’m feeling very sensitive and emotional about it happening in my hometown. It feels violating when it’s this close. I don’t think I personally would end up being a victim, but I’m upset that members of my community have been harmed. I’m angry that someone is dumping these women around my hometown like they are pieces of trash. I’m upset that PPB isn’t saying much when other vulnerable women could be at risk.


MOO

 

[GoBuckeyes]

I really hope she is found safe.

I pulled a list off the state website the other day and narrowed it down to women over 18 missing from Multnomah and Clackamas counties since August. Sadly, it was pretty long. I didn’t include under 18 to filter out runaways and because we haven’t found any underage possible victims. Hoping and praying it stays that way.

Now, is there one killer or multiple? These girls didn’t place themselves in those spots. They didn’t just walk highways and keel over and die.

And if drugs are the link, well, we have some sicko killing these girls due to a disease. A disease we have treatment for. A disease that can be cured. And how many lives could they have gone on to save once they went through treatment? They were young and had lives ahead of them.

Someone pointed out earlier that Portland has a political war going on, and they are 100% correct. In no way am I trying to make this political, but there is a piece of me that wonders if that factors in a tiny bit. Someone that lives in or near that is angry with what’s happening and uses it as an excuse to justify killing these vulnerable women. To be clear, I’m not blaming one side or the other. There are terrible people that exist within different political ideologies all over. It’s just a thought that’s crossed my mind as I’ve witnessed so much hatred towards the homeless. I believe most people on both sides of the aisle want them to be housed, healthy, and happy, we just disagree on which policies will return results.

I’ve kinda scaled back from looking at this too much the last couple days as I needed a break. I’ve been following true crime for years, ever since Miranda and Ashley were found in Ward Weavers yard when I was a teen. I’m feeling very sensitive and emotional about it happening in my hometown. It feels violating when it’s this close. I don’t think I personally would end up being a victim, but I’m upset that members of my community have been harmed. I’m angry that someone is dumping these women around my hometown like they are pieces of trash. I’m upset that PPB isn’t saying much when other vulnerable women could be at risk.


MOO

I'm sorry to be so ignorant, but for what does PPB stand? TIA

 

[EstrellaEspectral]

I'm sorry to be so ignorant, but for what does PPB stand? TIA

Oops! PPB is Portland Police Bureau. I’m not used to talking about Portland cases on websleuths. It’s so rare that anything like this happens here.

 

[AgeofAquaruis]

New information this morning from OregonLive news site

3 of 6 women found dead in Oregon, Washington may share potential connections

3 of 6 women found dead in Oregon, Washington may share potential connections
3 of 6 women found dead in Oregon, Washington may share potential connectionsView attachment 427244

Looks like he has a type. MOO

 

[Seekingtruth08]

I don't think this is a trucker. If you google map image search some of the locations, a truck would have nowhere to pull over without getting stuck and calling attention to themselves. (Especially JS). I question why JS was put there, there was even a driveway with a dead end prior to that and other spots that im sure could have been options. Why there? Do people tend to go there? Who has owned the property or lived there or nearby in the past? They say it's abandoned, but in Google maps images there's a truck there.

I think UI likely isn't related.
I don't think any of these were overdoses. One of my family members lives were taken. Their death was labeled suspicious before homicide released to us and the public. Cops don't use the word suspicious for overdoses. Likewise, people don't drive overdoses out to the middle of nowhere and stage it to appear as a homicide. There's way too many ods here in the Portland area and it just doesn't happen. I have known several drugs users and met some drug dealers. I have also had loved ones overdose. Sometimes the drug dealers actually do it on purpose to make more money etc. But that's not the cases here, I'm quite sure.

I do agree it could (likely is) be someone targeting what's seen as a vulnerable population: women and houseless women at that. When you're houseless, there's higher risk of violence and homicide. Let me also mention that killers that have targeted a certain demographic often branch out to other demographics. Ie other races, not homeless, etc. I've read about this.

I've been reading online a lot of gossip. I question what these women did for a living, who they stayed with, spent time with. I won't repost conjecture but I see some of the things I've read on here. That may be a link. I do think there's a link between them. I have even seen online that 2 of the girls have mutual "friends". The police didn't completely rule out a link. They said at this time and they're still investigating, which means as dna comes back or other evidence, that may change. Regardless, either a serial killer or 5 individual killers is terrifying. They didn't deny 5 killers at all. They also may be downplaying so they have a better chance at catching this...creature.

I live in this area, and it is terrifying for a lot of us.