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

[Bit of hope]

I know exactly where that is. It's not even three blocks from my house. Oh god. It's where my ex who is an addict on the streets stays sometimes and gets services. This proves to me without a doubt that Jesse had contacts in both Clark County and in Oregon.

I currently have a RV outside my condo with addicts causing issues. People who don't live here have no concept of how bad the meth and fetty addictions are. I can see people using from my bedroom window. I can see them dump their sewage into burnt bridge creek. They have little children in the RV.

I feel so deeply for some of these cases. These ladies, Alana Carroll, and many others who have been hurt not only by a predator, but by how permissive our laws are regarding addiction and crime.
Many days, my mind is consumed with this subject. How many people are hurt by this lifestyle, the kids who die, end up in foster care...or even worse the ones who end up living in trap houses their entire lives because it is not against the law anymore.

We have zero safety nets here. None. Kids, young adults, adults, hell I saw a 70 year old man in a wheelchair in the parking lot of vancouver mall light up his tin foil in view of hundreds of kids go kart racing.

it is not only common here, it is considered normal now.

I lost my goddaughter to fentanyl five years ago. Her ex is my nephew, and I wonder every day if today will be the day he doesn't make it, too. We are losing cops, lawyers, families with deep roots, to this pervasive life. I just don't know what to do anymore, it has affected my life deeply, and I have a constant fear that someone I love will be next to vanish or die to this lifestyle.

my own ex has overdosed twice, his son is now in care because the exposure has led to seizures and vision issues.

Now i'm crying. Rest in Love, Ladies.

So sorry. My heart hurts so much reading your post. In the Netherlands we don't have fentanyl and christal meth use that much, but people are dying of all kinds of other drugs. Our precious family members are going down. I also feel very sorry for this killed ladies who are so vurnerable. Someone upthread said it well; glad this monster is of the streets. How many more preditors are out there?

 

[AislingGray18]

So sorry. My heart hurts so much reading your post. In the Netherlands we don't have fentanyl and christal meth use that much, but people are dying of all kinds of other drugs. Our precious family members are going down. I also feel very sorry for this killed ladies who are so vurnerable. Someone upthread said it well; glad this monster is of the streets. How many more preditors are out there?

It is so pervasive here. There is another local case, the murder of Dominic Jacoby. Over a illegal grow operation. His father is someone I know, who reminds me greatly of Jesse Calhoun....
Come to find out....they know each other on Facebook. The addicts locally, are almost always connected, somehow, some way, they are connected, everyone in this life. As for Dominic's case...the police didn't dig deep enough. They got the killer, yes.
But they didn't get the other people who set up the grow, as in, taught these then 19 year old's how, where, and when, and helped them harvest...but the police are not interested in that part I guess. SMH

 

[PommyMommy]

Accused Portland, Oregon serial killer Jesse Calhoun was arraigned in court today. He pleaded not guilty in the deaths of Charity Perry, Joanna Speaks and Bridget Leanne Webster. Investigation continues into other possible victims.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1798816070918434940

JUN 6, 2024
Calhoun had no supporters visible in the courtroom. The lead investigator, Portland Police Bureau Detective Jeff Pontius, sat in the gallery and talked to a group of women representing the family members of the victims.

 

[PommyMommy]

JUN 5, 2024

https://www.koin.com/news/crime/accused-serial-killer-jesse-calhoun-booked-multnomah-county-jail/

A suspected serial killer accused of murdering three local women and moving their bodies in 2023 was booked into Multnomah County Jail on Wednesday, according to the sheriff’s office.

Jesse Lee Calhoun, 39, is facing three charges of second-degree murder and three charges of second-degree abuse of the corpse in connection to the deaths of Charity Lynn Perry, Joanna Speaks and Bridget Leanne Webster.

Accused serial killer Jesse Calhoun appears in court, pleads not guilty to all charges

A man suspected of killing three women in the Portland-area arrived in the Multnomah County jail on Wednesday.

www.kptv.com

Calhoun appeared in a Multnomah County courtroom to face a judge Thursday morning and pleaded not guilty to all six charges against him. His next court date is scheduled for July 19.

“I’m already broken, I’m already lost. I’m already falling, but I got to keep going, I got to keep fighting,” said Melissa Smith, Kristin Smith’s mother. “I will be at every hearing, every meeting, I will always drop everything. I will never give up fighting for not only my daughter Kristin but to be there and be the support for all of these other family members.”

 

[PommyMommy]

JUN 10, 2024

Suspected Portland-area serial killer with Baker City ties pleads not guilty - Elkhorn Media Group

MULTNOMAH COUNTY — A man with a criminal history in Baker County and is now ...Read More

elkhornmediagroup.com

[...]

Elkhorn Media Group confirmed in 2023 that he also served time from January 2009 through January 2011 in Baker County for fourth-degree assault.

The Baker County Sheriff’s Office stated the following last year:

“The Baker County Sheriff’s Office confirms that according to their records there were police contacts and several arrests for Jesse Calhoun in Baker City from 2003 to 2008.”

Court records obtained by Elkhorn Media Group show that Calhoun was arrested in 2008 for assaulting and kidnapping a woman in Baker City. A subsequent plea deal was made where he pled guilty to the assault charge and agreed to the two-year sentence in exchange for the kidnapping charge to be dropped.

 

[Charlot123]

So sorry. My heart hurts so much reading your post. In the Netherlands we don't have fentanyl and christal meth use that much, but people are dying of all kinds of other drugs. Our precious family members are going down. I also feel very sorry for this killed ladies who are so vurnerable. Someone upthread said it well; glad this monster is of the streets. How many more preditors are out there?

@Bit of hope, I am sorry for your relatives.

But the forecast for Europe looks gloomy. I think US, Canadian and European agencies should unite before it is too late for Europe.

Europe Could Soon Be Hooked on Fentanyl

The continent invented the drug but has been spared its worst ravages—until now.

foreignpolicy.com

 

[nhmemorymaker]

@Bit of hope, I am sorry for your relatives.

But the forecast for Europe looks gloomy. I think US, Canadian and European agencies should unite before it is too late for Europe.

Europe Could Soon Be Hooked on Fentanyl

The continent invented the drug but has been spared its worst ravages—until now.

foreignpolicy.com

I see so many. --previously quiet little towns-- wallowing in drugs. It is practically unbearable.
I agree, we do need a huge international unity on this.

First step is to try to crush the Mexican manufacturer and delivery systems. Why do we keep hearing it's impossible. Because we have no strong effort.
Moo moo moo moo

 

[Charlot123]

I see so many. --previously quiet little towns-- wallowing in drugs. It is practically unbearable.
I agree, we do need a huge international unity on this.

First step is to try to crush the Mexican manufacturer and delivery systems. Why do we keep hearing it's impossible. Because we have no strong effort.
Moo moo moo moo

Mexico is just the faceter and the deliverer.

 

[Lilibet]

I ran across this old UID thread from late 2022 that I had started and wonder if she could be another victim.

OR - OR-Portland, WhtFem, 20-40, Tattoos, Forearm scars, died 28 Nov ‘22

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2022/12/authorities-hope-tattoos-sketch-can-help-identify-woman-found-dead-in-portland.html Do you recognize her...

www.websleuths.com

 

[AislingGray18]

I ran across this old UID thread from late 2022 that I had started and wonder if she could be another victim.

OR - OR-Portland, WhtFem, 20-40, Tattoos, Forearm scars, died 28 Nov ‘22

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2022/12/authorities-hope-tattoos-sketch-can-help-identify-woman-found-dead-in-portland.html Do you recognize her...

www.websleuths.com

One of the issues is, Portland Oregon and Vancouver Wa , the whole west coast, really, are resistant to take missing persons reports on addicts and those in the life. I know this first hand, my BIL was missing for over five months when we got the call last week that he had been deceased the entire time in another state.
What can we do, if anything, to encourage LE to take these reports? I understand if they cannot dedicate a whole investigation to everyone, but the coroner in my BIL situation was frustrated and upset they said they beg LE to take the reports, because that is how they locate doe's families. But LE sees it as a waste of time.
Sometimes I feel like the authorities don't see these victims as human.
There simply needs to be some changes, I don't care if my loved one is an addict, I don't want them lying in a morgue states away, or in a hospital, when they have family who love them.

 

[Betty P]

One of the issues is, Portland Oregon and Vancouver Wa , the whole west coast, really, are resistant to take missing persons reports on addicts and those in the life. I know this first hand, my BIL was missing for over five months when we got the call last week that he had been deceased the entire time in another state.
What can we do, if anything, to encourage LE to take these reports? I understand if they cannot dedicate a whole investigation to everyone, but the coroner in my BIL situation was frustrated and upset they said they beg LE to take the reports, because that is how they locate doe's families. But LE sees it as a waste of time.
Sometimes I feel like the authorities don't see these victims as human.
There simply needs to be some changes, I don't care if my loved one is an addict, I don't want them lying in a morgue states away, or in a hospital, when they have family who love them.

Then perhaps the cities, counties and states can take a portion of their law enforcement budget and use it to create a department and hire specialists who don't mind investigating these missing persons reports.

 

[Charlot123]

One of the issues is, Portland Oregon and Vancouver Wa , the whole west coast, really, are resistant to take missing persons reports on addicts and those in the life. I know this first hand, my BIL was missing for over five months when we got the call last week that he had been deceased the entire time in another state.
What can we do, if anything, to encourage LE to take these reports? I understand if they cannot dedicate a whole investigation to everyone, but the coroner in my BIL situation was frustrated and upset they said they beg LE to take the reports, because that is how they locate doe's families. But LE sees it as a waste of time.
Sometimes I feel like the authorities don't see these victims as human.
There simply needs to be some changes, I don't care if my loved one is an addict, I don't want them lying in a morgue states away, or in a hospital, when they have family who love them.

I can only tell that LEO in WA are overworked and understaffed and it is not their fault.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Police and prosecutors haven’t said what evidence they have linking Calhoun to the deaths. The deaths of two other women during that time period are still being investigated, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office has said

Man pleads not guilty to killing 3 women and dumping their bodies in Oregon and Washington

A man accused of killing three women last year in the Portland, Oregon, area and dumping their bodies has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.

apnews.com

 

[LinasK]

Then perhaps the cities, counties and states can take a portion of their law enforcement budget and use it to create a department and hire specialists who don't mind investigating these missing persons reports.

That actually is happening. The detective on my cousin's murder case got hired by the state of Oregon to work on cold cases.

 

[AislingGray18]

I can only tell that LEO in WA are overworked and understaffed and it is not their fault.

Yeah but my personal situation involved WA, OR, and CA. None of them would take a report. If they had, we would have known my BIL had been killed in California 5 months ago

All they had to do was enter the info, we aren't asking them to form a task force. Just type the info into the system - a cop is not needed to do that, an admin can do it.

 

[AislingGray18]

Police and prosecutors haven’t said what evidence they have linking Calhoun to the deaths. The deaths of two other women during that time period are still being investigated, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office has said

Man pleads not guilty to killing 3 women and dumping their bodies in Oregon and Washington

A man accused of killing three women last year in the Portland, Oregon, area and dumping their bodies has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.

apnews.com

He also has a former girlfriend who is missing and was last seen with him, but Portland won't take the missing persons report.

 

[AgeofAquaruis]

He also has a former girlfriend who is missing and was last seen with him, but Portland won't take the missing persons report

What is their excuse for that?

 

[AislingGray18]

What is their excuse for that?

That she is homeless, indigent, and an addict and that she doesn't want to be found. Same excuse they give for anyone in the life.

 

[AgeofAquaruis]

That she is homeless, indigent, and an addict and that she doesn't want to be found. Same excuse they give for anyone in the life.

If it was one of them or their family I wonder if they would feel the same way. MOO

 

[RememberingRyan]

He also has a former girlfriend who is missing and was last seen with him, but Portland won't take the missing persons report.

Can you provide a source for this information? While I can definitely believe that they may not have taken a report when a former girlfriend first went missing, I find it difficult to believe that there is any problem getting an investigation opened now, when he is being charged with multiple murders.