Found Deceased OR - Kendra Hanks, 18, walking from work along Hwy 42 towards Winston, Douglas Co, 7 Jul 2022 *arrest*

[Dotta]

As they say, "Run, hide, fight, in that order." Sometimes we think we might be better off complying with someone with a weapon, but chances are, if someone is trying to get you in a car with a gun, or they've broken into your house and have a weapon, they've already made their mind up.

Run, if you can't run Hide, if you can't hide Fight.

I agree.
Being taken to "second location" usually means DEATH

Moo

 

[LammyTheRobot]

I agree.
Being taken to "second location" usually means DEATH

Moo

Absolutely, IMO, absolutely. It's easy for me to say in the abstract, but in that situation, rules-of-thumb like "run, hide, fight" might save a life.

 

[Dotta]

Absolutely, IMO, absolutely. It's easy for me to say in the abstract, but in that situation, rules-of-thumb like "run, hide, fight" might save a life.

Shout, kick, bite!
Pretend to have an attack of epilepsy, etc.

The perp might decide you are too much trouble.

Moo

 

[Knox]

• 12/05/2022 Hearing
  Original Type
  Hearing
  Judicial Officer
  Simmons, Ann Marie
  Hearing Time
  8:30 AM
  Result
  Held
  Comment
  Set Motion Hearings
  Parties Present
  Plaintiff: State of Oregon
  District Attorney: Wesenberg, Richard L
  Deputy District Attorney: Eichmann, Allison Dawn
  Defendant: PHELPS, TROY RUSSELL
  Court Appointed: BAKER, ELIZABETH JC
  Court Appointed: DeVecchio, James B
  12/12/2022 Notice
  Comment
  NOTICE OF INTENT - SPOUSAL PRIVILEGE & OEC 505 (1)(2)(3)
  12/14/2022 Motion
  Comment
  FOR AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE UNSEALING OF SEARCH WARRANTS
  
  12/20/2022 Order
  Judicial Officer
  Simmons, Ann Marie
  Comment
  ON STATE'S MOTION FOR AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE UNSEALING OF SEARCH WARRANTS
  
  01/20/2023 Motion
  Comment
  FOR AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE UNSEALING OF THE SEARCH WARRANTS
  
  12/19/2023 Hearing - Motion
  Judicial Officer
  Simmons, Ann Marie
  Hearing Time
  09:30 AM
  Comment
  Motion Hgs 12/19-22
  
  

  OREGON JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT - Online Records Search

  webportal.courts.oregon.gov

Here's the last several hearings listed on the court docket. I hope we get to see the search warrants when unsealed.

Also wonder what the spousal privledge is about?

 

[Knox]

06/05/2024 Trial - Twelve Person Jury

Judicial Officer
Simmons, Ann Marie

Hearing Time
9:30 AM

OREGON JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT - Online Records Search

webportal.courts.oregon.gov

 

[Knox]

Looked at the record, looks like nothing has changed. Trial still scheduled for 6/5/24.

 

[NeverPersonal]

I agree.
Being taken to "second location" usually means DEATH

Moo

I always tell my friends and little sister this! If you're gonna die, you'll die WORSE at the second location once they get you where they want you. May as well risk it all at the first location

 

[Knox]

A Riddle man facing murder charges in the death of a Winston teenager last year has been implicated in the deaths of at least three other women, according to court documents recently filed by the man’s attorneys.

Troy Russell Phelps is charged with the kidnapping and murder of Kendra Marie Hanks, 18, of Winston. Her body was found July 13, 2022, in Cow Creek, and her death was ruled a homicide. Phelps was arrested the following week and charged with her murder, along with kidnapping and resisting arrest.
His trial is scheduled for next June.

During the investigation into Hanks’ murder, authorities were tipped off by Phelps’ family members that he had allegedly admitted to killing Hanks and at least three other women, according to Aug. 18 court filings by Elizabeth Baker, a Eugene attorney representing Troy Phelps.

Authorities began investigating Phelps in connection with those alleged murders, and cross-checked information about the victims with women who had been reported missing. Based on that investigation, authorities identified the victims as Megan Wendel, Lilly Loftus and Kristin Correa, the filings said.

Little is known about these women. Wendel was reported missing by a family member in July 2022. Her remains were found in February of this year in a remote area near Glide. She would have been 36 at the time.

No information has been released about Loftus and Correa.

Troy Phelps implicated in deaths of missing women, per his attorney

A Riddle man facing murder charges in the death of a Winston teenager last year has been implicated in the deaths of at least three other women, according to court

www.nrtoday.com

 

[RickshawFan]

Shout, kick, bite!
Pretend to have an attack of epilepsy, etc.

The perp might decide you are too much trouble.

Moo

I've actually been thinking about a novel solution lately when I watched a video where a mailman was getting chased by thieves, and he was calling Siri for help, but he forgot "Hey, Siri". Wear an AppleWatch and simply fall over. If you have fall detection turned on (mine is, 24/7), it will automatically call 911 if you don't respond. You don't need cell service direct to your phone, but your phone has to be within a certain number of feet (50?).

Even a really big clap of your hands will register as a "fall" on your AppleWatch. But if you "trip" it'll definitely register: haha, it's happened to me more than a few times.

If your watch/phone calls 911, it will use built-in GPS to give your location. The only thing you have to do is fall over.

 

[DFWNF]

I've actually been thinking about a novel solution lately when I watched a video where a mailman was getting chased by thieves, and he was calling Siri for help, but he forgot "Hey, Siri". Wear an AppleWatch and simply fall over. If you have fall detection turned on (mine is, 24/7), it will automatically call 911 if you don't respond. You don't need cell service direct to your phone, but your phone has to be within a certain number of feet (50?).

Even a really big clap of your hands will register as a "fall" on your AppleWatch. But if you "trip" it'll definitely register: haha, it's happened to me more than a few times.

If your watch/phone calls 911, it will use built-in GPS to give your location. The only thing you have to do is fall over.

Any advice for those without phones or apple watches?

 

[Pnwwonder]

I am local and unfortunately my children were friends with Troy Phelps step son and went to school with all the kids.

Kendra had no connections to Troy whatsoever. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time and chose to trust a stranger on her long walk home after working a hard shift on her feet all day. Might I ad that where she was picked up by him is a busy hi way.

She was found up Cow Creek, not boomer, miles between those two places.

He’s now being investigated for <mod note - 3, not 4) women’s murders after his early release from prison. His wife and step son gave LE the tip about the other women via his attorney. Two were found in Glide, Or.

He already got off on a murder and kid napping charge from 2017. He shot a man and kid napped his girlfriend and toddler. He took the women and child to his home where he had his wife watch them. While on the phone with his wife he went back to the crime sene with his step son and burned the man’s car and tried to dispose of the body and made his step minor child help.

The prosecution totally messed up the case with improper evidence:investigations and he got acquitted of murder and got lesser charges. That is why he was in prison, he got the early release for his medical neglect case. He’s been a life long catheter user and apparently the style prison uses didn’t work well with him. He wasn’t out but a few months before he started killing if LE is correct about the other 3 women. He may of started killing within the week of release. We shall see as the other three cases come to charges. His defense attorney filed paperwork in regards to the 3 other murders. I will be at the courthouse everyday of this trial.

 

[Eli9]

@Pnwwonder
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[Pnwwonder]

@Pnwwonder
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Reading through the “rules” I did not know Troy personally. My children are friends with his step son. I am not sure if that would qualify me as a verified insider or not? I don’t want to violate any rules.

 

[Dotta]

Reading through the “rules” I did not know Troy personally. My children are friends with his step son. I am not sure if that would qualify me as a verified insider or not? I don’t want to violate any rules.

Please
Keep us updated with the trial.

So much time has passed but I still check this thread waiting for news and Justice for Kendra.

Thanks in advance
Waiting for your posts!!!!

 

[Knox]

Trial scheduled for 6/5/24

OREGON JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT - Online Records Search

webportal.courts.oregon.gov

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Started a thread for Megan Wendel in LOCATED. I'm sad there is next to nothing to be found online for her.

 

[Knitty]

Reading through the “rules” I did not know Troy personally. My children are friends with his step son. I am not sure if that would qualify me as a verified insider or not? I don’t want to violate any rules.

Hi PNWonder,

Thanks for reading that page! You're right, your connection isn't close enough to qualify you as an insider - we don't verify locals. You can give us "local flavor" but please don't post local chatter* as that's considered rumor.

Thanks for being at Websleuths.

Knitty,
Moderator

*You guys would not believe just how much local chatter we remove - and how much of it is completely wrong in the end.

 

[Pnwwonder]

Hi PNWonder,

Thanks for reading that page! You're right, your connection isn't close enough to qualify you as an insider - we don't verify locals. You can give us "local flavor" but please don't post local chatter* as that's considered rumor.

Thanks for being at Websleuths.

Knitty,
Moderator

*You guys would not believe just how much local chatter we remove - and how much of it is completely wrong in the end.

I try to stay within the rules so glad that I seemed to have done so. Court date is coming soon and of course there is plenty of local gossip but that is exactly what it is, gossip. The lawyer that got him off on the last murder charge is representing him agin in this trail. Different judge this time. He opted for a bench trail last time (no jury) We shall see what happens this time.

 

[vls12345]

This guy sounds terrifying. I wonder if evidence about the additional murders will be allowed in this trial?

@Pnwwonder, as a local, would you characterize the community as a place where everybody knows everybody (or has at least heard of them) or is it much bigger where that would not be the case?

 

[Pnwwonder]

This guy sounds terrifying. I wonder if evidence about the additional murders will be allowed in this trial?

@Pnwwonder, as a local, would you characterize the community as a place where everybody knows everybody (or has at least heard of them) or is it much bigger where that would not be the case?

It use to be that way but the last 5 years or so we have gotten a huge influx of people moving here. Troy had been part of this community though for a long time. We use to be safe with little to no major crimes. That has changed, many shootings, overdoses and crimes I thought I would never see here. It’s sad! I use to recognize faces while in town shopping, no more and we have grown a lot.

We are a rural area with one big town of about 23k population and then many little ones. Douglas county is pretty much rural, logging is our biggest industry. Gateway to Crater lake national park and the pristine Umpqua river. Surrounded by mountains and BLM lands with little towns nestled in the valley’s. It’s a fairly conservative area and a retirement community. A lot of poverty as well. It use to be the small town that everyone knew or knew of each other. Like many places we have had an explosion of crime, homelessness and overdoses.

 

[vls12345]

It use to be that way but the last 5 years or so we have gotten a huge influx of people moving here. Troy had been part of this community though for a long time. We use to be safe with little to no major crimes. That has changed, many shootings, overdoses and crimes I thought I would never see here. It’s sad! I use to recognize faces while in town shopping, no more and we have grown a lot.

We are a rural area with one big town of about 23k population and then many little ones. Douglas county is pretty much rural, logging is our biggest industry. Gateway to Crater lake national park and the pristine Umpqua river. Surrounded by mountains and BLM lands with little towns nestled in the valley’s. It’s a fairly conservative area and a retirement community. A lot of poverty as well. It use to be the small town that everyone knew or knew of each other. Like many places we have had an explosion of crime, homelessness and overdoses.

Thank you for the overview.