Cold Cases in Oregon

ColdCaseIndex documents 3 cases in Oregon, dated 1983 to 2018. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Diane Downs Children (1983) and the most recent is Daniel Brophy (2018).

Status of the 3 cases in this index
  • Unsolved 1 (33%)
  • Solved or convicted 2 (67%)
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Homicide clearance in Oregon, 1965 to 2024

6,567Homicides reported
2,240Not cleared
66%Clearance rate
63%US clearance rate, 1980 to 2024

A homicide is "cleared" when police make an arrest or close it by exceptional means, so an uncleared case is not always an unsolved one. Source: Murder Accountability Project analysis of FBI Uniform Crime Report data, as published by Project: Cold Case. These are statewide totals and are separate from the ColdCaseIndex entries listed below.

By type

2 Homicides1 Missing Person

All Oregon cases

Conviction 2018

Daniel Brophy

Chef Daniel Brophy was murdered at the Oregon Culinary Institute. His wife Nancy, a romance novelist who wrote an essay called 'How to Murder Your Husband,' was convicted of his murder.

Portland Homicide Age 63
Unsolved 2010

Kyron Horman

Seven-year-old Kyron Horman vanished from Skyline Elementary School after attending a science fair. His stepmother, Terri Horman, was the last known person to see him.

Portland Missing Person Age 7
Conviction 1983

Diane Downs Children

Seven-year-old Cheryl Downs was shot dead and her siblings Christie, 8, and Danny, 3, were badly wounded on a rural road near Springfield, Oregon, on May 19, 1983.

Springfield Homicide