“NONE OF THEM ARE GETTING OUT OF HERE”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AUTHORITIES SAY BENJAMIN CHARLES PARKER KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND, HER MOTHER, HER GRANDMOTHER AND TWO OF THEIR FRIENDS ON AN OREGON FARM BEFORE HE DIED BY SUICIDE INSIDE A CAR 180 MILES AWAY.
Five people were killed on a rural property in Oregon, according to authorities.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that 36-year-old Benjamin Charles Parker died of an apparent suicide inside a car after carrying out the murders.
On Saturday, August 22, Parker killed his girlfriend, 26-year-old Stella Jade Kimsey.
Parker also murdered Stella’s mother, 60-year-old Rowan Karla Kimsey.
He murdered Stella’s grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Kimsey.
In addition to Stella and her two family members, police said Parker killed two other people at the scene.
Those victims were identified as Stella’s best friend, Linsey Mae Haraldsen, and Haraldsen’s boyfriend, Alvin Raymond Chu.
The killings took place on an Oregon farm.
The farm was owned by Rowan.
Rowan also lived at the property alongside Stella and Parker.
Several animals also lived on the rural property.
Authorities said two cats and dogs were found dead at the crime scene.
Another cat was taken to a veterinarian for emergency treatment.
That animal was ultimately euthanized “due to the extent of its injuries.”
Authorities have not yet announced how the five people or the animals were killed.
A motive for the killings is not currently known.
Authorities first learned of the murders when emergency crews were dispatched to the farm.
Firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle fire at the property, according to KGW8.
Upon arrival, first responders discovered a dead body.
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“We do have a deceased victim up here. We’re gonna need law enforcement,” a firefighter said in dispatch audio obtained by KGW8.
“I need a police unit or a sheriff’s office unit code for you to see just in case we have two victims here,” the firefighter said in the recording.
The responder noted the unusual nature of the emergency call.
The firefighter added, “This is some suspicious circumstances certainly so we’re gonna … just take our hoses and get out of here and let the sheriff’s office clear this. Then we’ll return.”
Detectives subsequently searched the property and located the five deceased victims.
But Parker had already fled the scene.
Investigators then tracked Parker’s vehicle approximately 180 miles away to Enumclaw, Washington.
The car was found sitting behind a Safeway store.
He was already dead by the time police found him.
Enumclaw Police Chief Tim Floyd said that detectives found Parker by tracking his cell phone, per the outlet.
“They called us and said, ‘We have a cell phone ping in your city,’ here’s the plate and the car that you’re looking for,’” Floyd continued.
“So we go to the flock system, we put the plate in, we could see that he’s hit a couple of our cameras and the last hit was him coming into the city and he had not left so we had a good indication that he was still here,” Floyd said.
Then officials addressed the case publicly.
The crime was further discussed in a press conference on Sunday, August 23.
During the briefing, Washington County Detective Shannon Wilde said authorities do not believe the killings were a “random act.”
Forest Grove Fire and Rescue also addressed the tragedy in a Facebook post.
The department said they viewed the victims as “our friends and our neighbors.”
“Tragedies like our community experienced over the weekend are incredibly sad, while also being so hard on our hearts and souls. Even though many of you did not know the vibrant lives so needlessly lost, some of you most certainly did,” the department wrote on Facebook.
“While others still undoubtedly moved past them in a local grocery store, restaurant, or our otherwise normal day to day lives. These were our friends, and our neighbors, and they too called this beautiful place home,” the department added.
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