Benton County, OR Area Cold Cases
Name
John FairbankAge
Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Von september 6, 1982, two individuals were driving east on n lombard street at approximately 9:30 pm when they observed what appeared to be a man lying in the chevron service station near the intersection of n lombard and wabash avenue. When they approached, they discovered james kesch, a 21-year-old white man who worked as the service station attendant, was shot on the floor of the service station. They called 911 from the service station phone and mr. Kesch was transported to a nearby hospital where he died shortly after. Investigators believe this to be an attempted robbery, although no money was missing from either the register or safe. James kesch was known to be well liked with no criminal record. An unidentified african-american man was reported to be at the service station shortly after gunshots were reported. He has been described as being in his late teens to early twenties, 5 foot 8 inches to 5 foot 10 inches tall, medium build and medium complexion, wearing a dark baseball cap, dark or navy blue service station jacket with dark pants and shoulder length hair.Agency
Crime Stoppers of OR
Name
Loni KaiAge
28Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
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 a transgender woman; 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.Agency
Crime Stoppers of OR
Name
Glenn PennieAge
Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Glenn pennie disappeared under suspicious circumstances in october 2004. He was last seen by a neighbor on october 3, 2004, at his home at 14970 airlie road in rural polk county. Mr. Pennie was planning to leave on october 4, 2004 for oakland, ca, to attend a court hearing regarding his late father’s estate, where he would inherit more than one million dollars. The polk county sheriff’s office was called to investigate glenn’s disappearance once it was discovered that his pickup was still in the driveway a few days after he was supposed to have left for california. Investigators found no sign of a struggle and no signs that other vehicles had been in or out of glenn’s driveway. Glenn’s pickup was found to be packed with a suitcase, snacks, and other travel items for his planned trip to california. Investigators discovered that glenn had arranged for a neighbor to feed his cat. Glenn had also called some friends in california the night of october 3, 2004 to let them know he would be leaving early the next morning for oakland. A massive search was conducted over the next few weeks, covering 53 square miles and monitoring of glenn’s bank accounts and cell phone records yielded no clues as to what happened to glenn. Those that knew glenn told investigators that he would not have simply walked away from his father’s inheritance. The polk county cold case team has been working on this case since 2007, but the whereabouts of glenn or what happened to him are still unknown. The polk county sheriff’s office is asking anyone with information regarding the disappearance of glenn pennie to call the tip line at 503-623-1878 and refer to case #04-2879.Agency
Polk County
Name
Laurel WilsonAge
38Cause of Death
Gun/FirearmInfo
Agency
Salem Police Department
Name
Barbara BrysonAge
19Cause of Death
UndisclosedInfo
Agency
Stayton Police Department