Oregon

5,983 murders reported in Oregon from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 81%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Diane Downs
1983 · Springfield, Oregon
SingleConvicted1 victim
On the night of May 19, 1983, Diane Downs drove her three children to McKenzie-Willamette Hospital in Springfield, Oregon, with gunshot wounds, saying a stranger had flagged down her car on Old Mohawk Road and shot them.
Gary Ridgway
1982–1998 · King County, Washington
SerialPleaded guilty49 victims
Gary Ridgway killed at least 49 women and girls in King County, Washington, mostly between 1982 and 1984, many of whom he picked up along Pacific Highway South near Sea-Tac Airport.
Jerome Brudos
1968–1969 · Portland and Salem, Oregon
SerialPleaded guilty4 victims
Jerome Brudos killed four young women in Oregon in 1968 and 1969: an encyclopedia saleswoman who came to his Portland home, a motorist stranded on Interstate 5, an Oregon State University student taken from a Salem…
Keith Jesperson
1990–1995 · Pacific Northwest, California, Wyoming, Nebraska and Florida
SerialPleaded guilty8 victims
Keith Hunter Jesperson, a long-haul truck driver, killed eight women in six states between 1990 and 1995.
Ted Bundy
1974–1978 · Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Idaho and Florida
SerialExecuted20 victims
Ted Bundy abducted and murdered young women and girls in Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Idaho and Florida between 1974 and 1978.