A man suspected of murdering three women in the Portland area and abandoning their bodies has now been formally charged with a fourth homicide, officials announced on Tuesday.

At a press conference, Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez revealed that a grand jury has indicted Jesse Lee Calhoun in connection with the death of 22-year-old Kristin Smith, whose remains were discovered in November 2022.

The new charges, second-degree murder and abuse of a corpse, come roughly two and a half years after her body was found.

Calhoun had already faced similar charges for the deaths of Charity Perry, 24, Bridget Webster, 31, and Joanna Speaks, 32.

He pleaded not guilty to all previous counts of second-degree murder and abuse of a corpse.

“The indictment is a very important and vis

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