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Oregon Grand Jury Indicts Suspected Serial Killer Jesse Calhoun in Death of Sixth Woman
Just the facts
Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez announced that Calhoun was charged with first-degree manslaughter for recklessly causing the death of 32-year-old Portland resident Elizabeth Gibson under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life. Gibson disappeared in November 2022 and was reported missing the following year, though investigators have not yet located her body. Calhoun was previously charged with five counts of second-degree murder and four counts of abuse of a corpse in the deaths of Ashley Real, Kristin Smith, Charity Perry, Bridget Webster, and Joanna Speaks, having entered not-guilty pleas to all charges. Prosecutors stated they intend to consolidate all the homicide charges into a single criminal trial rather than holding separate proceedings. Calhoun had previously served prison time for assault and burglary before receiving early release in 2021 through an inmate wildfire firefighting program, a clemency decision revoked by Oregon's governor in 2023 amid the multi-agency homicide investigation.
Why this is news
A Multnomah County grand jury indicted 41-year-old Jesse Lee Calhoun on a charge of first-degree manslaughter in connection with the 2022 death of Elizabeth Gibson. The indictment adds a sixth victim to the ongoing serial murder prosecution against Calhoun in Oregon.
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