Camille Foss was a 25-year-old woman working as an office employee at the Sears store in Washington Square. She left work at about 5:00 p.m. on October 17, 1975, to take a deposit to the bank. Around 6:00 p.m. the bank called Sears to ask about the deposit because the bank was getting ready to close. Camille never made it to the bank. Read more.
Loni Kai, aka Lorenzo Okaruru
Sheriff's Case #01-17615
Date: August 26, 2001
Time: Early morning hours
Location: Western Washington County, on SW Farmington Road near SW Rood Bridge Road.
Loni was 28 when she died. She was 5'9'' tall, about 130 pounds, with brown eyes and long black hair with a red tint. Loni was raised as a girl most of her life. Her Oregon identification card bears the name Lorenzo Okaruru, but indicates a gender of female. She was wearing women's clothing at the time of her death. Read more.
John Fairbank
Sheriff's Case #02-04815
Date: Summer 2001
Time: Unknown
Location: 24830 SW Boones Ferry Road
John Frederick Fairbank, 1-14-47, lived at 24830 SW Boones Ferry Rd. He was reported missing by a friend on 2-27-02, but is believed to have disappeared during the summer of 2001. At the time, Detectives established Daniel Earl Ingram, 8-12-61, as a person of interest in the disappearance. Mr. Prosper was Mr. Fairbank's roommate and gave conflicting stories to Detectives. It was also determined that Mr. Prosper had been selling personal property that belonged to Mr. Fairbank. Read more.
Charles Darrow Lloyd
Sheriff's Case #74-11762
Date: December 4, 1974
Time: Unknown
Location: 146 N Main St Apt #3, Banks, Oregon
Mr. Lloyd was 67 years of age when he mysteriously disappeared from his apartment 37 years ago. Police found a lot of blood in his apartment, but they have never found Mr. Lloyd. Recent advances in DNA technology could be employed to solve this cold case if Detectives can find one of Mr. Lloyd's blood relatives, either living or deceased. Read more.
A "Cold Case" is a homicide or murder that has been thoroughly investigated, with all leads exhausted, yet remains unsolved. Some of our cold cases are thirty or more years old, others are more recent.
While you might think evidence becomes stale over time, the opposite scenario is sometimes true. For instance, relationships change over time. A person with important information who was unwilling to come forward at the time of a murder may no longer feel so constrained five or ten years later.
Recent technological and scientific advances also improve the odds of solving cold cases from years past. You may know that detectives use DNA evidence and process fingerprints electronically, but they also rely on molecular analysis of physical evidence and many regional and specialized computer databases to help solve the "who dunnit."
We are asking the public to help us. Read the stories below and see if you can help us solve a cold case . . . no lead is too small and all creative ideas are considered.
There is no statute of limitations on the crime of Murder. If you have any information that may help detectives solve one of the cases below, call Sergeant Jon Shaver at (503) 846-2594.
