Deceased/Not Found OR - John Walter Sallee, 31, Mill City, 1 Nov 1994

[TheArtfulDetective]

John Walter Sallee



Case Classification: Endangered Missing / Suspected Homicide
Date Last Seen: November 01, 1994
Location Last Seen: Harney County, Oregon
Missing From: Mill City, Linn County, Oregon

Description:

• Date of Birth: circa 1962
• Age: 31 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Height: 5' 10" (70 inches)
• Weight: 145 lbs
• Hair Color: Brown
• Eye Color: Brown
• Nickname/Alias: Nicknames: Jay
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Tattoos:
  • Knife, rose, & flame on left forearm
  • Cross on web between thumb on left hand
  • Purple reaper skull on chest
  • "Lil GT" on left forearm
• Clothing & Personal Items: Unknown
• Identifiers: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Sallee was last heard from in October 1993. He lived a transient lifestyle at the time, moving from town to town, and called home to let his family know he had found a job on a ranch in eastern Oregon. His family has never heard from him since.

Deputies received a tip from a woman in 2016 that claimed Sallee was murdered by her ex-husband and an accomplice in 1994. He died from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and was subsequently buried in a hole on a stretch of ranch land. His van was sold to a scrapyard after his alleged murder.

Multiple digs with the aid of dogs conducted by the Harney County Sheriff's Office for Sallee's remains have turned up nothing. His whereabouts remain unknown.

Investigators:

• Linn County Sheriff's Office: (541) 967-3950
  Reference Case#: 01-7375

NCIC Case Number: Not available
NamUs Case Number: MP7936

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
'Cold Justice' Team Seeks Truth Behind Oregon Man’s ‘Twilight Zone’-Like Disappearance | Oxygen Official Site

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Comprehensive article regarding Sallee's case.

'Cold Justice' Team Seeks Truth Behind Oregon Man’s ‘Twilight Zone’-Like Disappearance
Authorities have searched for years for Jay Sallee's body, believing he was shot to death by some friends

APRIL 11, 2020, 6:00 PM ET

Former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and investigator Steve Spingola, of “Cold Justice” on Oxygen, headed to Harney County, Oregon, last year to probe a 25-year-old murder. Authorities had suspects and even an idea of what happened — but they lacked a body.

Spingola described the disappearance — and assumed shooting death — of Jay Sallee, 31, as like “something from 'The Twilight Zone.'”

Continue reading: 'Cold Justice' Team Seeks Truth Behind Oregon Man’s ‘Twilight Zone’-Like Disappearance | Oxygen Official Site

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Born in SoCal, not sure how he ended up in OR.

 

[Pennysmom1]

John Walter Sallee - Oregon Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of John Walter Sallee, Missing since November 1994

www.missingin.org