OR - Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, wanted for kidnapping and torturing woman - 1/28/23

[Bishop Black]

Police warn that Oregon torture suspect is using dating apps

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Oregon, and who was convicted in Nevada of keeping another woman in captivity, is using dating apps to find people who can help him avoid the police or to find new victims, authorities said Friday.

Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, is the subject of an intensive, round-the-clock search by police after a woman was found unconscious, bound and near death in Grants Pass, Oregon, on Tuesday. She was hospitalized in critical condition.

 

[musicaljoke]

Do dating apps post pictures and warning info about this monster?

 

[BeckyF]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in southern Oregon were searching Thursday for a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive, less than two years after he was convicted in Nevada of keeping another woman in captivity for weeks before the victim managed to escape.

Grants Pass Police Chief Warren Hensman said in a telephone interview that he finds it “extremely troubling” that the felon is wanted in an attempted murder instead of still being behind bars for the Nevada crimes

Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, is now charged in Oregon with attempted murder, kidnapping and assault. Foster tried to kill the victim in Grants Pass while “intentionally torturing” her and secretly confining her “in a place where she was not likely to be found,” Josephine County District Attorney Joshua Eastman wrote in a court document.

“We are laser-focused on capturing this man and bringing him to justice,” Hensman said at a news conference Thursday. “This is an all-hands-on-deck operation.”

Cops hunt Oregon torture suspect jailed in Vegas kidnap case | Court TV

By RIO YAMAT and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in southern Oregon were searching Thursday for a man accused of torturing a

www.courttv.com

 

[fred&edna]

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[BondGirl007]

Do dating apps post pictures and warning info about this monster?

They should. He may be using photos of someone else on his profile. Not safe to be on these apps imo

 

[Deleted member 718]

CNN —
Authorities in southwestern Oregon are warning that a man suspected of kidnapping a woman and beating her unconscious may now be using dating apps to evade capture or find potential new victims, according to police.

The suspect, 36-year-old Benjamin Obadiah Foster, has so far evaded capture but he appears active on online dating services, the Grants Pass Police Department said in a statement Friday.

“The investigation has revealed that the suspect is actively using online dating applications to contact unsuspecting individuals who may be lured into assisting with the suspect’s escape or potentially as additional victims,” Grants Pass Police said.

Man suspected of kidnapping and beating a woman in Oregon may be using dating apps to evade police | CNN

Authorities in southwestern Oregon are warning that a man suspected of kidnapping a woman and beating her unconscious may now be using dating apps to evade capture or find potential new victims, according to police.

www.cnn.com

 

[Knox]

Foster held his then-girlfriend captive in her Las Vegas apartment years earlier​

Details about the case and Foster's criminal record have started to emerge in recent days.

Citing statements from prosecutors in court records, The Oregonian reported that Foster had tried to kill the Grants Pass victim while "intentionally torturing" her and confining her "in a place where she was not likely to be found." A fundraiser for the woman, who has not been publicly identified, said she is 35 years old and suffered severe injuries to her face and neck, it added.

Grants Pass Police Chief Warren Hensman said at a press conference last week that she was held for a "protracted period of time." The victim and the suspect had a "prior domestic relationship," Hensman said, according to The Oregonian.

In 2019, before moving to Oregon, he held his then-girlfriend captive in her Las Vegas apartment for two weeks, The Associated Press reports — while he was on a suspended jail sentence for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit as well as awaiting trial in a 2018 domestic violence case.

Citing a police report, it says the woman in Las Vegas suffered seven broken ribs, two black eyes and injuries from being bound at the wrists and ankles with zip ties and duct tape. She told police that Foster also forced her to eat the chemical compound lye, choked her to the point of unconsciousness, shaved her head and required her hands "stay in constant contact" with his body when she wasn't tied up.

She managed to escape from Foster after persuading him to bring her and her dog with him to a grocery store and gas station, reportedly sprinting through a store and into a nearby apartment complex while he was distracted letting the dog out of the car.​

Foster was initially charged with five felonies, but in Aug. 2021 reached a deal with Clark County prosecutors that let him plead guilty to just one felony count of battery and a misdemeanor count of battery constituting domestic violence.

He went from facing decades in prison to being sentenced to 2 1/2 years, which included the 792 days he had spent in jail awaiting trial.

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1152559181/benjamin-obadiah-foster-oregon-kidnapping

 

[Knox]

Jesus, this guy need to be found quick - before he hurts another woman. SCARY!!!

 

[Ray_of_hope]

He has obscured his ISP address to keep LE from finding him and is still actively hunting women.

"A man accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman in Oregon — years after being charged with holding another woman captive in Nevada — remains both on the run and active on dating apps, authorities say."

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1152559181/benjamin-obadiah-foster-oregon-kidnapping?ft=nprml&f=1152559181

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Police warn that Oregon torture suspect is using dating apps

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Oregon, and who was convicted in Nevada of keeping another woman in captivity, is using dating apps to find people who can help him avoid the police or to find new victims, authorities said Friday.

Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, is the subject of an intensive, round-the-clock search by police after a woman was found unconscious, bound and near death in Grants Pass, Oregon, on Tuesday. She was hospitalized in critical condition.

Thank you for posting. He needs to be caught ASAP and no 'deals' this time.

 

[Knox]

Thank you for posting. He needs to be caught ASAP and no 'deals' this time.

Right?! If he would have been sentenced correctly in the Nevada case, the Oregon victim wouldn't have almost died!!

 

[DSCrime]

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[BeckyF]

Police warn that Oregon torture suspect is using dating apps while on the run | abc7chicago.com

A man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Oregon is using dating apps to find people who can help him avoid the police.

abc7chicago.com

OMG - A woman was helping him!! He escaped.

SALEM, Ore. -- A man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Oregon, and who was convicted in Nevada of keeping another woman in captivity, is using dating apps to find people who can help him avoid the police or to find new victims, authorities said Friday.

Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, is the subject of an intensive, round-the-clock search by police after a woman was found unconscious, bound and near death in Grants Pass, Oregon, on Tuesday. She was hospitalized in critical condition.

On Thursday night, Grants Pass police, sheriff's deputies, an Oregon State Police SWAT team and federal agents raided a property in the unincorporated community of Wolf Creek, some 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Grants Pass, where they seized Foster's car and arrested a 68-year-old woman for hindering prosecution.

Foster managed to escape. Authorities provided no other details, but the area, right off Interstate 5, is thickly forested and mountainous.

The arrested woman, Tina Marie Jones, had followed Foster in a vehicle earlier Thursday as he drove to a remote location in Wolf Creek then intentionally drove his 2008 Nissan Sentra over an embankment, according to court documents. Jones then gave Foster a ride to the property that was raided Thursday night and where Foster had been hiding while police searched for him, according to Josephine County Circuit Court records.

Grants Pass police said Foster "is actively using online dating applications to contact unsuspecting individuals who may be lured into assisting with the suspect's escape or potentially as additional victims."

Police offered a $2,500 reward on Friday for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of Foster, who is charged with attempted murder, kidnapping and assault in the attack on the Grants Pass woman.

 

[Eli9]

Foster narrowly eluded a police raid Thursday in the nearby unincorporated community of Wolf Creek, Oregon, and may have changed his appearance by shaving his beard and hair or changing his hair color, police said.

Police initially released a photo of Foster showing him with shoulder-length brown hair, but he had cut it and grown a thicker beard since the photo was made. He may have altered his appearance further since then, Hattersley said.

"We're getting all kinds of calls about people walking along I-5, they have long beards and long hair," Hattersley said. "We have a feeling that's not really what he is looking like at this point."

Police offered a $2,500 reward Friday for information leading to Foster's arrest and prosecution. None of the 50 or so tips that have come in, mostly by phone, since then has been solid enough to lead to Foster, who is charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, and assault, according to Hattersley.

Kidnap suspect released the day he arrived at Nevada prison; Manhunt continues in Oregon

A man at the center of an intense police search in Oregon after a violent kidnapping last week was released from custody in October 2021 by Nevada prison offici

katu.com

 

[Charlot123]

I don't have great memory for faces so I can be wrong, and people change. But I wonder if he even worked as a barman in a nice restaurant in Portland with a great location on the water? Several years ago, definitely pre-Covid.

 

[ClaireNC]

They really need to be circulating other photos of him with different hairstyles and facial hair. Like this photo from CNN plus some computer generated possibilities.

 

[ClaireNC]

Oregon Live is now showing some additional pictures. New photos of Oregon torture suspect as manhunt continues; victim remains hospitalized

 

[ClaireNC]

And this:

 

[DSCrime]

Can't get over the plea deal he got in Nevada!

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Police warn that Oregon torture suspect is using dating apps while on the run | abc7chicago.com

A man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Oregon is using dating apps to find people who can help him avoid the police.

abc7chicago.com

OMG - A woman was helping him!! He escaped.

SALEM, Ore. -- A man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Oregon, and who was convicted in Nevada of keeping another woman in captivity, is using dating apps to find people who can help him avoid the police or to find new victims, authorities said Friday.

Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, is the subject of an intensive, round-the-clock search by police after a woman was found unconscious, bound and near death in Grants Pass, Oregon, on Tuesday. She was hospitalized in critical condition.

On Thursday night, Grants Pass police, sheriff's deputies, an Oregon State Police SWAT team and federal agents raided a property in the unincorporated community of Wolf Creek, some 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Grants Pass, where they seized Foster's car and arrested a 68-year-old woman for hindering prosecution.

Foster managed to escape. Authorities provided no other details, but the area, right off Interstate 5, is thickly forested and mountainous.

The arrested woman, Tina Marie Jones, had followed Foster in a vehicle earlier Thursday as he drove to a remote location in Wolf Creek then intentionally drove his 2008 Nissan Sentra over an embankment, according to court documents. Jones then gave Foster a ride to the property that was raided Thursday night and where Foster had been hiding while police searched for him, according to Josephine County Circuit Court records.

Grants Pass police said Foster "is actively using online dating applications to contact unsuspecting individuals who may be lured into assisting with the suspect's escape or potentially as additional victims."

Police offered a $2,500 reward on Friday for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of Foster, who is charged with attempted murder, kidnapping and assault in the attack on the Grants Pass woman.

Hope she's charged with obstruction and any other subsequent acts he commits. A woman, no less.....