Jesse Calhoun Pleads Not Guilty to 5th Oregon Murder Charge as Prosecutors Seek 1 Trial
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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 4
Jesse Calhoun Pleads Not Guilty to 5th Oregon Murder Charge as Prosecutors Seek 1 Trial
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 4
Summary
Portland prosecutors arraigned Jesse Calhoun on Wednesday in the second-degree murder of Ashley Real, 22, and his lawyer entered a not guilty plea, bringing the Oregon case to five alleged victims.
Real’s body was found in a Clackamas County pond in May 2023, within 100 miles of Calhoun’s other alleged victims; prosecutors said they plan to try all five murder counts together next year.
Calhoun, 41, now faces five counts of second-degree murder and four counts of abuse of a corpse, after earlier charges tied him to deaths in Oregon and southwestern Washington.
Family members of Real and Kristin Smith attended the hearing, underscoring a case that grew after Calhoun’s June 2023 arrest on unrelated parole warrants and his 2024 indictment in three of the killings.