A man suspected of killing three people in Oregon, including his dad, turned himself into police in Wisconsin after he allegedly forced a woman to drive him there. Report says the woman was able to convince the man to turn himself in. During that 33 hour drive, Police in Springfield Oregon were searching for him after he allegedly killed his dad and took his pickup truck, officials say. He then ran a man and his wife over with the truck. The man died. Now he's also accused of shooting and killing a woman at a marijuana dispensary. The woman who drove him to Milwaukee to at gunpoint was not hurt.
Police say an Oregon murder suspect forced a woman to drive him 2,000 miles across the country
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Updated: 10:41 AM PDT Jun 21, 2021
A man sought in the killings of his father and two other people in a small Oregon city forced a woman to drive him more than 2,000 miles to Wisconsin, where he surrendered to police, authorities said Sunday.Oen Evan Nicholson approached Laura Johnson, 34, after she returned to her parking spot during her lunch break on Friday in Springfield, Oregon, and forced her to drive him in her car, police said. Authorities were notified Sunday morning that Nicholson surrendered to police peacefully in Milwaukee but did not release details about how he gave himself up.Johnson was not hurt and was returning to Oregon, Springfield police said in a statement."He approached her in her vehicle with a gun," Johnson's father, Dennis Johnson, told KEZI-TV. "They said she was forced to drive 33 hours to where they’re at. She was able to talk him into turning himself in."Nicholson is suspected of killing his father, Charles Simms Nicholson, whose body was found in a trailer in an RV campground of The Mill Casino in the coastal city of North Bend, about 110 miles southwest of Springfield, on Friday.While driving his father's pickup truck, Nicholson is suspected of hitting and killing Anthony Oyster, 74, at the campground and critically injuring his wife, Linda Oyster, 73, Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier said.Shortly after, Nicholson is also suspected of shooting and killing resident Jennifer L. Davidson, 47, at a marijuana dispensary in North Bend, Frasier said.The pickup was found Friday crashed and burned about 30 miles west of Springfield. A witness reported an armed man got out and ran into the woods, prompting an unsuccessful search, police said.Nicholson was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his father, Oyster and Davidson as well as second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and failing to help a person injured in a traffic accident, Frasier said.Nicholson will appear in court in Milwaukee in the coming days before returning to Oregon to face the charges, Fraiser said. It was not clear if Nicholson has a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
NORTH BEND, Ore. — A man sought in the killings of his father and two other people in a small Oregon city forced a woman to drive him more than 2,000 miles to Wisconsin, where he surrendered to police, authorities said Sunday.
Oen Evan Nicholson approached Laura Johnson, 34, after she returned to her parking spot during her lunch break on Friday in Springfield, Oregon, and forced her to drive him in her car, police said. Authorities were notified Sunday morning that Nicholson surrendered to police peacefully in Milwaukee but did not release details about how he gave himself up.
Johnson was not hurt and was returning to Oregon, Springfield police said in a statement.
"He approached her in her vehicle with a gun," Johnson's father, Dennis Johnson, told KEZI-TV. "They said she was forced to drive 33 hours to where they’re at. She was able to talk him into turning himself in."
Nicholson is suspected of killing his father, Charles Simms Nicholson, whose body was found in a trailer in an RV campground of The Mill Casino in the coastal city of North Bend, about 110 miles southwest of Springfield, on Friday.
While driving his father's pickup truck, Nicholson is suspected of hitting and killing Anthony Oyster, 74, at the campground and critically injuring his wife, Linda Oyster, 73, Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier said.
Shortly after, Nicholson is also suspected of shooting and killing resident Jennifer L. Davidson, 47, at a marijuana dispensary in North Bend, Frasier said.
The pickup was found Friday crashed and burned about 30 miles west of Springfield. A witness reported an armed man got out and ran into the woods, prompting an unsuccessful search, police said.
Nicholson was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his father, Oyster and Davidson as well as second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and failing to help a person injured in a traffic accident, Frasier said.
Nicholson will appear in court in Milwaukee in the coming days before returning to Oregon to face the charges, Fraiser said. It was not clear if Nicholson has a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
