OR OR - David 'Dave' Lewis, 46, Ashland, 4 September 2008

[Red Clover]

I know that vacation cabins/homes are common targets for break-ins and squatters, especially if doors/windows are kept unlocked. I've even read of cases where vacant, remote properties have been turned into meth labs or stash houses -- I wonder if maybe someone set up shop in the vacation cabin thinking it was abandoned and ended up in a confrontation with Dave. That could also explain why the vacation cabin was also destroyed, too.

I think that is a totally plausible scenario. If there were lights on or unusual activity, it's possible that Dave would stop over to check it out on his way home from Hyatt Lake.

I do think you'd have to be fairly familiar with that area to get up to Dave's, even following him, to get in and out of that cabin in the pitch dark. Besides just having a flashlight, you needed to light kerosene lanterns inside the cabin and that takes a moment to get lit.

Like you, I've wondered about tire tracks but I imagine there were big fire trucks, LE and other emergency workers rolling through. Still hopeful it's evidence like that that they're holding back.

It's hard to know.

 

[Red Clover]

I think that is a totally plausible scenario. If there were lights on or unusual activity, it's possible that Dave would stop over to check it out on his way home from Hyatt Lake.

I do think you'd have to be fairly familiar with that area to get up to Dave's, even following him, to get in and out of that cabin in the pitch dark. Besides just having a flashlight, you needed to light kerosene lanterns inside the cabin and that takes a moment to get lit.

Like you, I've wondered about tire tracks but I imagine there were big fire trucks, LE and other emergency workers rolling through. Still hopeful it's evidence like that that they're holding back.

It's hard to know.

It's also possible that he was home for the evening and had lanterns going. Someone could have surprised him.

 

[Red Clover]

Daily Tidings September 7,2008

 

[Red Clover]

Daily Tidings September 5, 2008
This is the first notice I saw of Dave's passing.

 

[Red Clover]

Daily Tidings September 7,2008

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Ashland Daily Tidings- Lewis page 3b

 

[Red Clover]

Ashland Daily Tidings
Sunday September 7, 2008
Local- page 2b

This article announced the identification of Troy Dean Carney, 44. It also mentions in the second to last paragraph, that the Sheriff's Office were also investigating a suspicious death and suspected arson at a cabin on Dead Indian Memorial Road. [I've had these newspapers since they were originally published in 2008]

 

[Lilibet]

Thanks for keeping and posting these articles @Red Clover. Many early links have disappeared, so it’s helpful to have a record.

 

[Red Clover]

Thanks for keeping and posting these articles @Red Clover. Many early links have disappeared, so it’s helpful to have a record.

Absolutely @Lilibet
I'm glad I was able to find them. I'm still hoping to find pictures from the memorial.
You know what I would love to see is pictures of Dave growing up.

 

[Lilibet]

Absolutely @Lilibet
I'm glad I was able to find them. I'm still hoping to find pictures from the memorial.
You know what I would love to see is pictures of Dave growing up.

Maybe @Sleuth2010 has some to share, if comfortable doing so. No pressure of course.

 

[Sleuth2010]

David's home & all belongings.

 

[Sleuth2010]

David's home.

 

[Sleuth2010]

Someone put this on the news...

 

[Sleuth2010]

Great Detectives, Undersheriff, Medical Examiners.

 

[Sleuth2010]

Tidy neatnick home.

 

[Sleuth2010]

" Memorial "

 

[Sleuth2010]

No one should die the way David E. Lewis did.
omo.

 

[Red Clover]

Klamath Falls Herald and News September 23, 2009

Jackson County Sheriff asks for information about two 2008 deaths

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is asking for information about two suspicious deaths that occurred Sept. 4, 2008 and are believed to be linked.

www.heraldandnews.com

Lewis died of homicidal violence, according to a sheriff's office press release.

Carney's body was found at a campsite on the Bear Creek Greenway.

Authorities believe the incidents are linked, but will not disclose the link because it may jeopardize the investigation.

 

[Lilibet]

No one should die the way David E. Lewis did.
omo.

A horrible death. I’m so sorry for Dave’s family and friends. It was traumatizing, I’m sure, and no doubt still is.

 

[Red Clover]

No one should die the way David E. Lewis did.
omo.

Thank you for sharing some of your pictures with us.

 

[Lilibet]

Klamath Falls Herald and News September 23, 2009

Jackson County Sheriff asks for information about two 2008 deaths

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is asking for information about two suspicious deaths that occurred Sept. 4, 2008 and are believed to be linked.

www.heraldandnews.com

Lewis died of homicidal violence, according to a sheriff's office press release.

Carney's body was found at a campsite on the Bear Creek Greenway.

Authorities believe the incidents are linked, but will not disclose the link because it may jeopardize the investigation.

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Have we ever gotten a definitive statement about whether the two cases are linked or not. I’ve heard it both ways over the years.