Freshwater Murders
The Freshwater Murders were an act of family annihilation believed to be perpetrated by Clark Freshwater. On February 14, 2009, Clark's wife Dorothy and his children Jared, Emile, and Tabitha Freshwater were shot to death in the family home in Samuelton, Oregon. Only the youngest member of the family, Towhee, survived. In the aftermath of the slayings, Clark disappeared and remained at-large for more than ten years.
In 2018, Clark's body was discovered in a shallow grave in the cemetery at the long-abandoned Hensley Asylum for Infirm Ladies and Needful Girls outside Crestview, Oregon. The body had suffered significant decomposition, indicating he had been dead for many years. Cause of death was attributed to a gunshot wound in the chest which pierced the sternum and likely the heart. Physical evidence recovered from the grave suggested he'd been alive until at least November 2009.