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Perry whose body was found April 24th 2023. (AP Photo)
Man Linked to Deaths of
Four Women in Oregon
Fears a serial
killer was
targeting young
women
(AP)- A man being investi-
gated in the deaths of four wom-
en in Oregon had previously at-
tacked and choked one of them,
her father said. But the man was
not arrested until months later —
only after the women’s bodies
were discovered scattered across
northwest Oregon.
The bodies had raised fears a
serial killer was targeting young
women in the area. The Mult-
nomah County District Attorney’s
Office announced Monday that in-
vestigators and prosecutors from
nine law enforcement agencies
have found links between the four
deaths, with at least one person of
interest identified.
The statement did not name
the person, but a law enforcement
official with knowledge of the in-
vestigation said Tuesday it is Jesse
Lee Calhoun. The official request-
ed anonymity because they are not
authorized to comment publicly
on the case. Calhoun was arrest-
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Legacy Increasing Safety Measures
Additional
security camera’s,
metal detectors
and more.
In an updated hospital state-
ment Legacy said they will install
metal detectors with bag search
at every Legacy hospital. All pa-
tients and visitors will enter the
hospitals through controlled ac-
cess points with metal detection
and bag search. Certain hospitals
will see metal detectors installed
as soon as next week on Monday.
They will also install bullet-slow
film on the hospital main entranc-
es and emergency departments
and on glass in internal entrances,
along with equipping lead security
officers with tasers. These safety
measures come shortly after the
fatal shooting of security guard
Bobby Smallwood.
44 year old Bobby Smallwood
Officers responded to a call of
a shooting inside Legacy Good
Samaritan Hospital. The victim
of the shooting inside the hospi-
tal was identified as 44-year-old
Bobby Smallwood. The Medical
Examiner’s Office confirmed his
manner and cause of death to be
homicide by gunshot wound.
The suspect who fled the scene
was shot and killed by police later
in the day. The suspect has been
identified as PoniaX Kane Calles,
formerly known as Reginald Kane
Jackson. Calles had threatened
staff at the hospital in recent days,
according to The Oregonian. The
paper was the first to report his
identity and also reported that
the 33-year-old Portland resident
changed his name in 2019, and
that he has a lengthy criminal his-
tory, mostly under the prior name.
Legacy Health’s president and
CEO Kathryn Correia stated “We
have begun to develop a second
phase of actions, and that work
will continue over the next several
months. This includes assessing
the safety needs at our medical
office buildings and our commu-
nity-based clinics and reviewing
locations that may need additional
safety measures, including badge
access controls, panic alarms and
security cameras.”