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TURNING BACK THE PAGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
November 17, 1972
A proposal to subdivide 14 acres of land into one-acre
parcels west of Huckleberry Road was greeted with little en-
thusiasm last night by the county planning commission.
Although the county sanitarian has not examined the area
for septic tank and draink fi eld capabilities, commission ad-
ministrator Bill Quigley indicated that he “could not conceive” a
subdivision going in that area on one-acre parcels.
“She would help anybody —
including, I believe, the people who
did this. She was just a good person.”
— Lucille Lane, talking about her sister,
Linda Peterson
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 17, 1997
The Baker City Council will discuss police department staff-
ing and priorities at a work session before the council’s regular
meeting Tuesday.
Police Chief Jim Tomlinson recommends the city hire sever-
al new employees and combine the city’s 911 dispatch center
with Baker County’s.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 16, 2012
Baker will don its “Road Warrior” garb this weekend as
the Bulldogs hit the road to Scappoose for a Class 4A state
quarterfi nal football game.
The teams will square off at noon Saturday.
Baker (8-1) advanced to the quarterfi nals after defeating
Cottage Grove 55-42 in an opening round game on Saturday
at home.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
November 18, 2021
Baker City Police Chief Ty Duby plans to ask the City Council
to approve an ordinance limiting where, and when, people can
camp on public property within the city limits.
Duby said he was prompted to act by a bill that the Oregon
Legislature passed earlier this year and that Oregon Gov. Kate
Brown signed into law on June 23.
The law — introduced as House Bill 3115 and passed by
the Democratic majorities in both the state House and Senate
— is based on a 2019 federal court ruling in a Boise case that
in effect prohibited cities and counties from making it illegal
for people to sleep outdoors in public spaces if the jurisdiction
doesn’t provide indoor alternatives.
Baker County’s two state legislators, Sen. Lynn Findley,
R-Vale, and Rep. Mark Owens, R-Crane, both voted against
the bill. The new Oregon law states that cities or counties
which have ordinances that regulate “the acts of sitting, lying,
sleeping or keeping warm and dry outdoors on public property
that is open to the public must be objectively reasonable as to
time, place and manner with regards to persons experiencing
homelessness.”
The law also states that “A person experiencing homeless-
ness may bring suit for injunctive or declaratory relief to chal-
lenge the objective reasonableness of a city or county law.”
The law states that “reasonableness shall be determined
based on the totality of the circumstances, including, but
not limited to, the impact of the law on persons experiencing
homelessness.”
Baker City has no such ordinance, Duby said.
Nor does the city have an indoor facility for homeless
people to stay. That means they can legally camp on public
property with no limitations.
However, Duby said he doesn’t believe anyone, including
homeless people, has a legal right to keep their possessions
indefi nitely on public property or to block people from using
sidewalks, streets or other public rights-of-way.
“The way I look at it, you have the right to sleep (on public
property), but that doesn’t mean you can collect all this stuff
and have it strewn about on public property and sidewalks,”
Duby said. “It’s not fair to the neighbors, and it’s not fair to the
city.”
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Contributed Photo
Linda Peterson holding her baby son, Anthony.
Linda
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They believe Linda is dead.
That she was murdered.
But they don’t know — can’t
know — for certain.
More than three and a half
years after Linda, then 52, went
missing from Baker City in
March 2019, the lack of answers
makes the emotional wounds
that her disappearance inflicted
burn even more fiercely.
“I think about Linda every
day,” Sarah, 73, said.
Sadness competes at times
with anger.
“I get so mad I want to tear
things up,” Sarah said — par-
ticularly when she thinks about
the people she believes killed
Linda and disposed of her body.
Sarah’s eldest daughter, Lo-
retta Peterson, who’s about a
year older than Linda and grew
up with her in Grants Pass, said
that when she drives by the
apartment at 2450 Broadway St.
where Linda was living when
she disappeared, she “starts cry-
ing really bad.”
“Sometimes I get angry,” Lo-
retta said. “Whoever has done
this needs to be brought to jus-
tice by the law.”
That’s the goal, Baker City
Police Chief Ty Duby said.
“This is an active homicide
investigation,” Duby said on
Wednesday, Nov. 9. “We’ve fol-
lowed every single lead that
we’ve ever gotten, and we con-
tinue to do this.”
Linda is missing
— March 2019
Linda’s relatives became
alarmed in mid March 2019
when she didn’t attend a dance
recital for her granddaughter in
Baker City.
Alesia Lawrence, one of Lin-
da’s two children, was immedi-
ately worried.
She and her mom had a reg-
ular schedule. And Linda was
planning to attend the recital for
Alesia’s daughter.
Alesia had been appointed
legal guardian for Linda about
two years earlier, after Linda left
treatment for drug addiction at
Juniper Ridge Acute Care Cen-
ter in John Day.
Loretta, Linda’s older sister,
was troubled as well by Linda’s
absence.
Although Linda, who moved
to Baker City in 1989, had lived
on the streets for periods before
moving into her apartment,
Loretta said her sister was not
prone to disappearing without
telling relatives in advance.
But Loretta had another rea-
son to fear for her sister.
Not long before, the last time
Loretta drove Linda to
her apartment, Linda had
acted strangely.
“I had a feeling about her that
something was wrong,” Loretta
said. “She was not herself.”
Specifically, Linda said she
was afraid to go to her apart-
ment. She was frightened of the
people who were staying with
her.
“She hesitated to get out of
the car,” Loretta said. “Then
she stood there, not saying any-
Reward Offered
The Baker County Major
Crime Team has offered a
$2,500 reward, and Crime
Stoppers of Oregon added
the same amount for a total
of $5,000, for information
that leads to an arrest in con-
nection with Linda Peterson’s
disappearance. Anyone with
information can contact the
Baker City Police Department
at 541-524-2014.
thing. I wish now that I would
have went up there with her. I
think there were people in
her apartment that shouldn’t
have been.”
This was not typical of Linda,
Loretta said.
“Linda was always indepen-
dent and strong,” she said.
When Loretta learned a cou-
ple days later that Linda was
missing, the sense of discomfort
escalated to something closer
to panic.
Loretta remembered other
conversations with Linda in the
previous month or so. Linda
had moved into the apartment
earlier that winter.
“Not long before she went
missing that I started noticing
changes in her behavior,” Lo-
retta said.
Linda even talked about what
Loretta should do if Linda were
to die.
Sarah also recalls her daugh-
ter, in the few weeks before she
disappeared, saying she was
afraid of people who were living
with her.
See Linda / A3
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DEATHS
Maxwell Justin Upmeyer: 49, of
Evans, Colorado, and a former Baker
City resident, died Nov. 4, 2022, at
his home in Evans. A celebration
of his life will take place at a later
date. Memorials can be made to a
GoFundMe account: Maxwell Justin
Upmeyer (by Brandy Upmeyer) or
Suicide Prevention Hotline, 1-800-
273-8255.
Judith Schroeder: 81, of Baker City,
died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, at home
surrounded by her family. A Mass of
Christian Burial will be held; date and
time TBA. Arrangements are under the
direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home and Cremation Services. Online
condolences can be shared at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
cited and released.
POLICE LOG
Baker County Sheriff’s Office
Baker City Police
Arrests, citations
SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL
TRESPASSING: Garrett Isaac Stanley,
49, Haines, 10:34 p.m. Monday, Nov.
14 in the 2800 block of Hughes Lane;
Arrests, citations
FOURTH-DEGREE ASSAULT (Baker
County Circuit Court warrant): Kadin
Patrick Bailey, 22, Baker City, 3:31 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 14 in the 1100 block of
Campbell Street; cited and released.
DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED:
Clayton Carver Hickman, 20, Baker
City, 5:14 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 on
Broadway Street near Sixth Street;
cited and released.
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