The District Attorney has finally committed to processing the evidence for the Carl Fodge case. This outcome serves as a reminder that persistence in the face of long silence can eventually produce results. We must stay alert to ensure these promise translate into real progress for the families left waiting …
June 16, 2014
Final supporters
This petition is gathering signatures for the purpose of requesting the Klamath County Oregon District Attorney sends evidence to the crime lab and solves this case.
27 years is way to long.
The link at the bottom is where the below story was taken from the internet files of the Klamath Falls Herald and News.
There are other unsolved cases listed in the news story. Some of which could be solved too.
The story:
Date: July 11, 1987
Victim: Carl Fodge
Synopsis: Unsolved homicide
A landlord found Carl Fodge, 65, beaten to death in his East Main Street apartment.
Days later, city police investigators made two arrests in connection with the murder and took the case to a grand jury. But the grand jury didn't indict the pair, who aren't being identified because charges weren't filed, and they walked free.
The case didn't have DNA evidence linking the pair to the scene, which is why authorities think a grand jury didn't return an indictment, said Jim Toddy, an investigator with the Klamath County District Attorney's Office.
Toddy, whose main responsibilities now include helping prosecutors prepare for trials, has acquired several cases from law enforcement agencies with the hope they could be solved. The Fodge case was one of them.
He said investigators formed a theory on the man's murder - they believe a group of people was visiting him at his home when someone or some people attacked him with a club. Robbery was a possible motive.
Toddy said the case could still be solved if investigators send old evidence to a crime lab and link a suspect to the scene.
http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/article_6eb312b6-a4a4-5ac9-a874-2fab551a4bf1.html?mode=jqm
#KlamathFallsOregon #KlamathCountyOregon
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
May 23, 2014
78 Comments
On July 10 of this year I again called the Klamath DA office. I was told to leave messages in a few different spots one again with victim services. I then called back every business day for a week. Left a message EACH time. No call back. No email. No contact. We really need your help. Mail them. District Attorney 316 Main St #1, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 Thank you.
There is a brand-new, 150 million dollar, crime lab in Anchorage, Alaska. State of the art, one of the best in the world. Call them. Ask for their help and / or get the ball rolling. Oregon is over-burdened with cases & tend to send to labs in the lower 48 states. There may even be financial help or grants. Great advocating on your part. Don't stop, Go,go,go....we are pulling for you ~ Contact- Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory dps.alaska.gov/CrimeLab/contactus.aspx Contact . Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory 4805 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Ave Anchorage, Alaska 99507 Phone: (907) 269-5740 http://dps.alaska.gov/CrimeLab/contactus.aspx
Every family deserves to know what happened to their loved ones at the hands of another.
With today's newer technology to analyze evidence gathered at the scene, it would probably be much easier to link these suspects to the murder and indict them.
Please send the evidence to the crime lab! This family needs to deserves to know who killed their family who was a very good man.
This needs to be solved!!!!
So sorry for your loss. I would never give up. May your father rest in peace and get justice.
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The District Attorney has finally committed to processing the evidence for the Carl Fodge case. This outcome serves as a reminder that persistence in the face of long silence can eventually produce results. We must stay alert to ensure these promise translate into real progress for the families left waiting …
June 16, 2014
Final supporters
This petition is gathering signatures for the purpose of requesting the Klamath County Oregon District Attorney sends evidence to the crime lab and solves this case.
27 years is way to long.
The link at the bottom is where the below story was taken from the internet files of the Klamath Falls Herald and News.
There are other unsolved cases listed in the news story. Some of which could be solved too.
The story:
Date: July 11, 1987
Victim: Carl Fodge
Synopsis: Unsolved homicide
A landlord found Carl Fodge, 65, beaten to death in his East Main Street apartment.
Days later, city police investigators made two arrests in connection with the murder and took the case to a grand jury. But the grand jury didn't indict the pair, who aren't being identified because charges weren't filed, and they walked free.
The case didn't have DNA evidence linking the pair to the scene, which is why authorities think a grand jury didn't return an indictment, said Jim Toddy, an investigator with the Klamath County District Attorney's Office.
Toddy, whose main responsibilities now include helping prosecutors prepare for trials, has acquired several cases from law enforcement agencies with the hope they could be solved. The Fodge case was one of them.
He said investigators formed a theory on the man's murder - they believe a group of people was visiting him at his home when someone or some people attacked him with a club. Robbery was a possible motive.
Toddy said the case could still be solved if investigators send old evidence to a crime lab and link a suspect to the scene.
http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/article_6eb312b6-a4a4-5ac9-a874-2fab551a4bf1.html?mode=jqm
#KlamathFallsOregon #KlamathCountyOregon
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
May 23, 2014
78 Comments
Thank you everyone for doing this. Please also share the petition with family and friends ask them to sign too. Mary Kay Hodges-Cates Carl's grand daughter. Judy's daughter.
On July 10 of this year I again called the Klamath DA office. I was told to leave messages in a few different spots one again with victim services. I then called back every business day for a week. Left a message EACH time. No call back. No email. No contact. We really need your help. Mail them. District Attorney 316 Main St #1, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 Thank you.
There is a brand-new, 150 million dollar, crime lab in Anchorage, Alaska. State of the art, one of the best in the world. Call them. Ask for their help and / or get the ball rolling. Oregon is over-burdened with cases & tend to send to labs in the lower 48 states. There may even be financial help or grants. Great advocating on your part. Don't stop, Go,go,go....we are pulling for you ~ Contact- Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory dps.alaska.gov/CrimeLab/contactus.aspx Contact . Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory 4805 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Ave Anchorage, Alaska 99507 Phone: (907) 269-5740 http://dps.alaska.gov/CrimeLab/contactus.aspx
Every family deserves to know what happened to their loved ones at the hands of another.
With today's newer technology to analyze evidence gathered at the scene, it would probably be much easier to link these suspects to the murder and indict them.
Please send the evidence to the crime lab! This family needs to deserves to know who killed their family who was a very good man.
This needs to be solved!!!!
So sorry for your loss. I would never give up. May your father rest in peace and get justice.
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Thank you everyone for doing this. Please also share the petition with family and friends ask them to sign too. Mary Kay Hodges-Cates Carl's grand daughter. Judy's daughter.