OR OR - Troy Carney, 44, Central Point, 4 September 2008

[Lilibet]

Sorry about that! Try this link. Some nice pics of Troy are on it as well.

Troy Dean Carney (1964-2008) - Find a Grave...

Grandmother: Nellie Ann Carney Grandfather: Victor B Carney Troy Dean Carney age 44 passed away on September 2, 2008. He was born in Lewiston, Maine on August 26, 1964 the first child of Linda Carney Wood. Troy attended local schools. He also lived in Michigan and went into sports and was on...

www.findagrave.com

Lovely photos. My favorite isn’t on there. I got it from “Gone too soon” several years ago.

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachments/img_2573-jpg.122697/

 

[Red Clover]

Sorry about that! Try this link. Some nice pics of Troy are on it as well.

Troy Dean Carney (1964-2008) - Find a Grave...

Grandmother: Nellie Ann Carney Grandfather: Victor B Carney Troy Dean Carney age 44 passed away on September 2, 2008. He was born in Lewiston, Maine on August 26, 1964 the first child of Linda Carney Wood. Troy attended local schools. He also lived in Michigan and went into sports and was on...

www.findagrave.com

I had seen that one before but missed LW's story. Nice to see the pictures too, especially Troy as a kid. He seemed like a great guy.

Thanks @Gemmie

 

[Troy's mom]

son or anyone with him in the days or

Link sought in unsolved murders

Police believe the murders of an Ashland man living on Dead Indian Road and a transient camping out along the Bear Creek Greenway last September might be linked.

A little over a year has passed since David E. Lewis, 46, was found inside his burnt home in the 12800 block of Dead Indian Memorial Road and Troy Dean Carney, 44, was discovered at his campsite, the victim of a gunshot wound.

Nine days after Carney was found a fire swept though the area where he had been camping. Investigators determined the fire was intentionally set by someone trying to destroy the scene of the crime.

"We find two men killed by homicidal violence on the same day and both scenes were covered by fire," Jackson County Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Colin Fagan said. "We cannot ignore the commonality here."

In addition, sheriff's investigators believe they have discovered a piece of evidence linking both crimes, but they decline to specify what it is.

Investigators suspect someone ventured up the long driveway to his secluded mountaintop cabin, then had come inside and killed him. Detectives aren't disclosing how Lewis died. They also note that the total destruction of the cabin has eliminated much evidence.

Investigators haven't turned up a motive or suspect in the death of Carney, who was also found dead Sept. 4. Carney's body was found in a sleeping bag off a path that leads away from the Bear Creek Greenway between the Central Point freeway interchange and Table Rock Road. He had been shot at close range a few days earlier.

http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090923/NEWS/909230327

Seventeen years later, still no justice. It’s just not right.

 

[Troy's mom]

Thinking of Troy and family. Hoping his murder is solved soon.

Seventeen years later, still no justice. It’s just not right.

Thank you and everyone for posting about my sons case. I havent been posting much cause times when I want to give up and try to live the rest of my life not thinking about The way my Troy passed, but I know that is impossable. He is on my mine everyday, thinking about when he was little and the times we spent at the lake fishing. Many good times. Troy's mom

 

[Lilibet]

Thank you and everyone for posting about my sons case. I havent been posting much cause times when I want to give up and try to live the rest of my life not thinking about The way my Troy passed, but I know that is impossable. He is on my mine everyday, thinking about when he was little and the times we spent at the lake fishing. Many good times. Troy's mom

Hugs for you, Linda!

 

[Rush4087]

I think there are only two possibilities: either TDC was targeted - or the killing was random.

If the killing was random (if TDC was not targeted), it seems there are only two possible ways the murder could ever be solved:

One would be if somebody confesses to the crime.

The other would be if LE can connect a weapon (and therefore the owner or person in possession of the weapon) to the crime by matching ballistics. The most likely way for this to happen would be if a match is discovered (now or in the future) in the ATF's NIBIN database

All jmo

 

[Troy's mom]

No Justice.

 

[Cacophonies]

No Justice.

sending my love. One of the first cases I started following, my girlfriend is from Ashland and told me about David which led me here as well. I hope something turns up soon that can lead to justice for Troy.

 

[Lilibet]

I think there are only two possibilities: either TDC was targeted - or the killing was random.

If the killing was random (if TDC was not targeted), it seems there are only two possible ways the murder could ever be solved:

One would be if somebody confesses to the crime.

BBM

Speaking of someone confessing:

This is something I posted on Dave Lewis’s thread about the murder of Ed Krahel and the confession by the murderer twelve years later. I now think it’s far-fetched for Dave’s murder, but not for Troy’s. Of course, it’s almost 18 years now for Troy, but Ed’s murder was just as random as Troy’s may have been. Hope springs eternal and it gives me hope that whoever killed Troy will find it in their heart to confess.

More big warm hugs for you, Linda. We won’t forget Troy.

https://websleuths.com/posts/18083699/bookmark

I was thinking about the burning house and it reminded me of Ed Krahel’s murder in Ashland back in 1993. Ed was a harmless eccentric who frequented local bars, and had a collection of real train cars in his yard. That was protested by neighbors, and although the City ruled against him at first, the trains stayed, and I expect the whole train debacle made him some enemies.

We lived near Ed at the time. One night about 1:00 a.m. in January 1993, I woke up to lights, motors and the sound of water running. I could tell something was up, so I got dressed and walked towards the light and saw fire trucks putting out a big fire at Ed’s. No sign of Ed. His body was found inside, with skull damage. Twelve years went by and the murder hadn’t been solved, until a vehicle was pulled over for some reason in SoCal and the passenger blurted out a confession! He was a student at the local university, and Ed had brought him home from the bar, they got into an altercation and he hit Ed on the head with a wine bottle, set the fire, quit school and left town. No amount of police work would have ever solved it had he not confessed.

Bringing this back to Dave, I believe I read that he had been in Ashland that day, so I wonder if he gave someone a ride up the mountain, was hospitable and something similar happened. Dave’s murder seems more targeted, with the somewhat skilled arson and other cabin fire, but Ed’s murder made me think that perhaps it was random and not someone local. Probably far-fetched, but that’s all I’ve got.

11-year search nabs a suspect

After 11 years, Ashland Police Detective Lynn Parlette finally received the call he had been waiting for - a suspect had been apprehended in the Ed Krahel murder, the only unsolved homicide in Ashland...

www.mailtribune.com

BBM
The link no longer works. The newspaper went out of business.