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Benjamin Obadiah Foster
Gender : Male
Age : 36
Race : White
Date : 02/01/2023
Location : Wolf Creek
City : Grants Pass
County : Josephine
State : Oregon
Agency : Grants Pass PD, SWAT
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Kidnapping
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Grants Pass PD received "credible information" that Foster had entered the home where a woman was found unconscious, bound and near death on Jan. 24. The woman washospitalized in critical condition.
A task force consisting of Grants Pass PD and SWAT gathered at the home. Some area residents received a notification to shelter in place. Police created a standoff in Grants Pass, Ore., on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 lasting into the next day Benjamin Obadiah Foster who was barricaded underneath the home. On the second day of standoff, police forcibly entered and found him with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He died in the hospital.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://people.com/crime/ben-foster-oregon-man-accused-torturing-woman-still-on-dating-apps/
