Lane County seeks tips in 2005 Oakridge double homicide
Nearly 21 years after two campers and their dog were shot dead near Oakridge, Lane County investigators renewed their plea for tips and named one number to call: 541-682-4150.
Lane County investigators renewed their appeal Tuesday for help solving the double homicide that unfolded at a remote campsite south of Oakridge on July 1, 2005. Anyone who remembers the area, the people there or anything unusual tied to that day should contact detectives as the case marked its 21st anniversary.
Dispatchers got the call just after 5 p.m. on July 1, 2005, and deputies found 54-year-old Stevan Lynn Haugen and 56-year-old Jeanette Elaine Bauman shot to death at a dispersed campsite off Forest Service Road 2134. Their dog, Ceasar, was also killed by gunfire. The site was in the Willamette National Forest near Staley Creek, about three miles up a paved Forest Service road and roughly 30 miles south of Oakridge.
Detectives pursued every lead before the investigation went cold. No arrest or suspect was announced with the renewed appeal. Investigators still believe more information may be sitting in the community, waiting for someone to come forward with a memory that seemed too small to matter at the time.
The sheriff’s office Cold Case Team is made up of retired law-enforcement officers who volunteer their time, and the program is funded entirely by donations. Anyone with information about the Oakridge killings is asked to call LCSO investigators at 541-682-4150.
In 2015, on the 10th anniversary, family members were still grieving intensely over the killings at the remote campsite south of Oakridge. In 2012, investigators had also examined whether the case could have been linked to serial killer Israel Keyes, but the killings remained unsolved.
In June, Lane County detectives solved a 1995 Springfield-area homicide through DNA and genetic genealogy.
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