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After months of probing and multiple investigations, authorities in northwestern Oregon now believe the mysterious deaths of four young women are connected, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.
The bodies of the four women, ranging from 22 to 31 years old, were all discovered earlier this year, and the cause and manner of their deaths has yet to be determined by the state’s medical examiner, the district attorney’s office said in a news release.
The women were identified as 22-year-old Kristin Smith, 22-year-old Ashley Real, 24-year-old Charity Lynn Perry and 31-year-old Bridget Leann (Ramsay) Webster, according to the release. All four have ties to Portland.
Authorities have interviewed multiple people in connection with the cases and have identified “at least one person of interest” who is linked to all four women, the release said. No charges have been filed in any of the cases.
“Based on the available information to investigators, there is not believed to be any active danger to the community at this time,” the district attorney’s office said.
The death investigations remain ongoing.
The announcement comes roughly a month and a half after police in Portland had said they had no reason to believe the deaths of six women in the region – which include some of the deaths that have now been linked – were connected, saying online speculation about a link was “not supported by the facts available at this point.
