>>>
>>> A
>>> A CLERK PULLS A GUN TO STOP A HATCHET WIELDING RUBBER, THEN
LOSES HIS JOB FOR HAVING BEGUN
AT WORK.
AT WORK.
AT WORK. >>> WAS IT DOCTORED?
WE VERIFY WHETHER THE PRESIDENT
TWEETED OUT A MISLEADING VIDEO
OF HIS POLITICAL RIVAL.
>>> AND, SEVEN DAYS TO FRANCE.
THE MISSION TO RE-CREATE THE
DAY WESTERN CIVILIZATION WAS
RESCUED FROM THE BRINK.
TONIGHT ON KGW NEWS AT 6:00.
>>> FIRST TONIGHT, WE HAVE
BREAKING NEWS IN THE CASE OF A
MISSING SAILOR MOTHER AND HER 3-
YEAR-OLD SON.
YEAR-OLD SON. THE BOY'S FATHER, MICHAEL
WOLFE, HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON TWO
COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED MURDER.
>> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF
THIS FOR YOU.
WE START WITH MIKE AND HER.
THEY ARE STILL LOOKING NOW FOR
THE MOTHER AND HER SON.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, DAN,
POLICE WRAPPED UP A PRESS
CONFERENCE ABOUT A HALF HOUR
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. THEY
AGO. THEY TOLD US THAT THEY ARRESTED
MICHAEL WOLFE IN PORTLAND
AROUND 1:45 THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT ARREST GOING DOWN AT THE
BLUE STAR DONUTS AT SOUTHWEST
12th AND MORRISON.
WE ARE TOLD THAT THE 52-YEAR-
OLD, WOLFE, WILL NOW BE CHARGED
WITH TWO COUNTS OF KIDNAPPING,
AND TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED
MURDER.
MURDER.
MURDER. ALL THE WOLFE IS FACING
AGGRAVATED MURDER CHARGES,
INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT DOES NOT
NECESSARILY MEAN THAT KARISSA
AND WILLIAM FRETWELL ARE
DECEASED.
DECEASED.
DECEASED. THEY ARE STILL MISSING AND
AUTHORITIES WANT TO BRING THEM
HOME SAFE AND ALIVE.
SPEAKING OF THAT, AS THIS
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, IT IS
TAKING QUITE THE TOLL ON
DETECTIVES.
DETECTIVES. TAKE A LISTEN.
>> THE INVESTIGATORS THAT I
HAVE SEEN WORKING ON THIS, THEY
ARE DOGGED IN THEIR PURSUIT OF
FINDING WILLIAM AND KARISSA.
AND, YOU'RE RIGHT.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
TOUCHED BY THIS CASE TO HAVE
SIMILAR CHILDREN IN AGE OR
JUST PAST THAT.
AND, THEY ARE TAKING IT PRETTY
HARD.
HARD.
HARD. AND, THEY ARE INVESTED IN THIS
AND WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR
KARISSA AND WILLIAM AND ENSURE
THAT THEY CAN BE RETURNED HOME
SAFELY.
SAFELY.
SAFELY. >> Reporter: BACK OUT HERE LIVE
IN SALEM, WE CAN TELL YOU IT
WAS SAILING DETECTIVES WHO
ARRESTED MICHAEL WOLFE AT THAT
PORTLAND DONUT SHOP.
HE WILL BE LODGED INTO THE
YAMHILL COUNTY JAIL LATER
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME, IT IS WORTH
REPEATING THAT KARISSA AND
WILLIAM FRETWELL ARE STILL
MISSING.
MISSING.
MISSING. SO, ANYONE WITH INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS CASE SHOULD CONTACT
THE SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BACK TO YOU.
>> A DIFFICULT STORY FOR
EVERYONE, THANK YOU.
KGW'S MAGGIE VESPA CONTINUES
OUR COVERAGE IN THE SMALL TOWN
OF HOPEWELL.
OF HOPEWELL. AND, A FRIEND OF KARISSA'S SAYS
SHE SUSPECTED WOLFE RIGHT AWAY.
>> Reporter: SHE TOLD US THAT
EARLIER TODAY.
EARLIER TODAY. IT WAS SO SAD TO HEAR HER SAY
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. YOU
THAT. YOU KNOW, SHE HAD SEEN VIDEO OF
SEARCH CREWS SEARCHING PROPERTY
NEAR THE HOPEWELL AREA.
AUTHORITIES AS YOU HEARD IN THE
PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER ARE
NOT SAYING WHAT LED THEM TO THE
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY. THIS IS A RURAL COMMUNITY ABOUT
20 MILES NORTH OF SALEM.
AND THEN, SHE HAD ALSO SEEN
THIS VIDEO OF POLICE, DEPUTIES,
THE FBI, SEARCHING ANOTHER
PROPERTY IN GASTON.
THAT IS THE PROPERTY WHERE
MICHAEL WOLFE LIVES.
COURT RECORDS SHOW THAT 52-YEAR-
OLD IS 3-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM'S
FATHER, THE BOY IN THIS CASE.
KARISSA FRETWELL IS 25.
HER FRIEND, MEGAN HARPER, SAYS
FRETWELL AND WOLFE MET A FEW
YEARS BACK, WHILE WORKING AT A
STEEL MILL IN McMINNVILLE.
IT WASN'T UNTIL A FEW MONTHS
AGO THAT KARISSA NAMED WOLFE AS
THE FATHER, AND COURT RECORDS
SHOW A PATERNITY TEST PROVED
THAT AND THAT A JUDGE ORDERED
WOLFE PAY $900 A MONTH IN CHILD
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. HARPER SAYS THE BACK AND FORTH,
THAT DYNAMIC, GOT REALLY
CONTENTIOUS.
CONTENTIOUS. AND, KARISSA, SHE SAYS, WAS
NERVOUS FOR HER AND HER SON'S
SAFETY.
SAFETY.
SAFETY. >> WHEN YOU HEARD THEY WERE
BOTH MISSING, WHAT WAS THE
FIRST THING THAT YOU THOUGHT OF?
>> I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT THAT
WILLIAM'S BIOLOGICAL FATHER WAS
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. I KNOW THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY
SENT HER THREATENING MESSAGES.
AND, I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE
CUSTODY SITUATION BECAUSE
KARISSA BENDS TO ME AND ASKS
FOR ADVICE.
FOR ADVICE. >> SHE IS OBVIOUSLY VERY
NERVOUS FOR HER FRIEND'S
SAFETY.
SAFETY.
SAFETY. NOW, HARPER SAYS SHE LAST SPOKE
TO KARISSA A FEW DAYS BEFORE
SHE WENT MISSING.
SHE SAYS SHE WAS LOOKING INTO
GETTING A RING DOORBELL
SECURITY SYSTEM AT THE TIME AND
SHE WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH ONE
OF THOSE COST.
SHOULD NOTE THAT WE REACHED OUT
TO KARISSA FRETWELL'S FAMILY
YESTERDAY, AND THEN TRIED AGAIN
TODAY, AND THEY DID NOT WANT
TO SPEAK TO US.
GUYS, BACK TO YOU.
>>> NOW TO MARK BREAKING NEWS
TONIGHT IN OREGON CITY.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A
SHOOTING ON MOLALLA AVENUE NEAR
BEAVER CREEK ROAD.
THE ROAD IS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL
BLOCKS DOWN THE AREA.
POLICE ARE TELLING US THAT THE
VICTIM CALLED THEM FROM AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX SAYING HE HAD
BEEN SHOT.
BEEN SHOT. POLICE FOUND HIM IN A BEDROOM
AND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.
NO WORD ON HIS CONDITION.
INVESTIGATORS ARE SEARCHING FOR
THE SUSPECT IN THE AREA RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. WE
NOW. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE S.W.A.T.
TEAM IS RESPONDING.
WE'LL UPDATE YOU AS SOON AS WE
LEARN MORE.
LEARN MORE. >>> WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE
PLAID PANTRY CLERK IN THIS
VIDEO HAS LOST HIS JOB AFTER
PULLING A GUN ON A RUBBER ARMED
WITH A HATCHET.
THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO IS FROM
THE ARK GROVE STORE ON APRIL
20th.
20th.
20th. YOU
20th. YOU CAN SEE THE MAN WALK IN,
TAKES A HATCHET OUT OF HIS
PANTS, PUTS IT ON THE
COUNTERTOP AND TRIES TO ROB THE
CLERK.
CLERK.
CLERK. THE COURT GOES OUT A GUN AND
SCARES THE MAN AWAY.
WE HAVE CONFIRMED NOW THAT THE
COMPANY FIRED THE CLERK BECAUSE
THEY HAVE A ZERO-TOLERANCE
POLICY ABOUT HAVING WEAPONS.
WE WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS
TONIGHT AND SEE WHAT YOU
THOUGHT.
THOUGHT.
THOUGHT. OUR VIEWER VOICE QUESTION
TONIGHT, SHOULD THE CLERK HAVE
BEEN FIRED?
BEEN FIRED? LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AT
KGW.COM.
KGW.COM.
KGW.COM. YOU CAN ALSO TAP THE VIEWER
VOICE TILE ON THE KGW APP AND
VOTE THERE.
VOTE THERE. >>> WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE
FINAL RESULTS LATER IN THE
NEWSCAST.
NEWSCAST.
NEWSCAST. >>> NICOLE EXAMINERS ARE
WORKING TONIGHT TO DETERMINE
THE CAUSE OF DEATH OF A BODY
FOUND IN A FRONT LAWN THIS
MORNING IN SOUTHEAST PORTLAND.
>> THE BODY WAS FOUND ABOUT
7:30 THIS MORNING AT A HOUSE ON
SOUTHEAST REED WAY NEAR 103rd.
HOMICIDE DETECTIVES WERE ALSO
ON THE CASE, SUGGESTING THE
PERSON MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED.
POLICE SAY THERE WAS EVIDENCE
OF GUNFIRE NEARBY, BUT HAVE NOT
SAID WHETHER THAT IS CONNECTED.
>>> THE FAMILY OF ONE OF THE
MEN MURDERED IN A 2017 MAX
STABBING IS SUING TRIMET AND
PORTLAND POLICE.
PORTLAND POLICE. THE FAMILY OF TALIESIN NAMKAI-
MECHE FILED A $10 MILLION
WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT.
THEY CLAIM POLICE AND TRIMET
WERE AWARE OF THE SUSPECT,
JEREMY CHRISTIAN'S ALLEGED
VIOLENT HISTORY AND DID NOT
INTERVENE WHEN THEY HAD THE
CHANCE.
CHANCE.
CHANCE. CHRISTIAN FACES MURDER CHARGES,
ACCUSED OF STABBING AND KILLING
TALIESIN NAMKAI-MECHE AND
ANOTHER MAN, RICKY BEST.
A THIRD PERSON, MICHAEL
FLETCHER, WAS ALSO STABBED, BUT
SURVIVED.
SURVIVED.
SURVIVED. >>> JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTIES
FOUND AND IDENTIFIED A MAN WHO
FELL 100 FEET OFF A CLIFF TOOK
IT HAPPENED NORTHEAST OF
ASHLAND.
ASHLAND.
ASHLAND. THEY SAY 63-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL
KENT BREWSTER OF MEDFORD FELL
WHILE HIKING ON THE LOST BALLS
TRAIL WEDNESDAY.
TRAIL WEDNESDAY. CREWS WERE ABLE TO RECOVER HIS
BODY YESTERDAY.
BODY YESTERDAY. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS WORKING
OUT TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT LED
UP TO THE FALL.
>>> SO, THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS
UPON US.
UPON US.
UPON US. IT IS ALMOST HERE.
PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE
WANTING TO KNOW IF WE WILL HAVE
THAT KIND OF BARBECUE WHETHER.
>> METEOROLOGIST JOE RAINERI IS
IN THE WEATHER CENTER.
HOW ARE THINGS SHAPING UP?
>> PRETTY NICE.
NOT TO START OFF, THOUGH.
WE ARE SEEING SCATTERED
SHOWERS, MORE DRY THAN WET, BUT
BY 3:00, 4:00, WE WILL START TO
SEE SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH.
ESPECIALLY RUN THE MOUNTAINS
WHERE MOST OF THE HEAVY
RAINFALL IS GOING TO BE.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING
EVIDENCE OF AT THIS HOUR.
ALONG THE OREGON COAST, DRY
CONDITIONS FOR THE MOST PART.
THE REST OF TONIGHT,
TEMPERATURES OF 55 DEGREES AND
THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA,
TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW IN THE
UPPER 50s.
UPPER 50s. YESTERDAY, WE CLOCKED IN AT 81
DEGREES, YOUR DAYTIME HIGH.
THIS AFTERNOON, WE SAW A HIGH
OF ONLY 62 DEGREES.
WE ARE AT 59 DEGREES WITH ONLY
LIGHT SHOWERS.
LIGHT SHOWERS. IF YOU ARE MAKING PLANS THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, TOMORROW
THROUGHOUT THE COAST, VALLEY,
AND MOUNTAINS, WE'LL BE SEEING
SHOWERS BY THE AFTERNOON.
DAYTIME HIGHS WILL BE EVEN
COOLER FROM WHAT WE SAW TODAY.
UPPER 50s, A FEW LOCATIONS
GETTING CLOSE TO 60 DEGREES.
ON SUNDAY, I'M EXPECTING TO SEE
PLEASANT CONDITIONS THROUGH
PART OF THE DAY AND BY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THERE IS
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS. DAYTIME HIGH OF 75 DEGREES.
THE BEST DAY OF THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND WILL BE MONDAY, PARTLY
SUNNY SKIES, TEMPERATURES CLOSE
TO 80 DEGREES.
I'LL BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR YOU
WHETHER YOU WILL BE STAYING
CLOSE OR DOING CAMPING COMING
UP IN A FEW MINUTES.
>>> A SCHOOL IN McMINNVILLE
MARKS MEMORIAL DAY, BY PLANTING
THOUSANDS OF FLAGS OUTSIDE
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. KGW'S ART EDWARDS JOINS US LIVE
WITH THAT STORY.
ART?
ART?
ART? >>
ART? >> Reporter: THIS IS THE SECOND
YEAR IN A ROW THAT THE SCHOOL
HAS DONE THIS.
THE McMINNVILLE CHRISTIAN
ACADEMY.
ACADEMY.
ACADEMY. THEY ARE PLANTING FLAGS FOR
MEMORIAL DAY.
MEMORIAL DAY. THEY WILL PLACE 6000 FLAGS ON
THE LAWN THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO
THE SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL. EACH FLAG REPRESENTS A FALLING
OREGONIAN FROM WORLD WAR I
UNTIL NOW.
UNTIL NOW. TARA HESSEL ORGANIZES THE
EFFORT.
EFFORT.
EFFORT. SHE SAYS IT'S ABOUT REMEMBERING
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SACRIFICED.
>> ON MONDAY BEFORE YOU GO DO
SOMETHING, SAY A LITTLE THANK
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. BECAUSE, YOU ARE ABLE TO DO
THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROVIDED
YOU THE FREEDOM TO DO THAT.
>> IT'S A PRETTY COOL!
I REALLY LIKED SEEING IT AT THE
END, WHERE ALL OF THESE FLIES
ARE OUT HERE.
IT IS PRETTY AMAZING.
EACH ONE REPRESENTS THE LIFE OF
AN OREGONIAN SOLDIER.
LOST IN BATTLE.
THAT IS REALLY COOL.
>> Reporter: THOSE FLAGS WILL
STAY IN PLACE OUTSIDE THE
SCHOOL UNTIL TUESDAY, TUESDAY
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. THEY WILL EVEN BE LIT AT NIGHT,
SO ANYONE WHO IS DRIVING BY
WILL BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD LOOK
AT THEM.
AT THEM.
AT THEM. NOW, ALL OF THE TEACHERS THAT
McMINNVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
ALSO SAY THEY SPEND TIME
TALKING TO THEIR STUDENTS ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY,
SO, THERE'S A CLASS LESSON
INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN TELL,
CAN'T YOU?
CAN'T YOU? >> THAT KID THAT YOU
INTERVIEWED WAS GREAT.
I LOVE THAT KID.
>>> PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL
PASSED A BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT, WITH IT COMES PRETTY
PAINFUL CUTS TO PARKS AND REC.
>> THE BUREAU HAS A $6.3
MILLION BUDGET GAP.
THEY NEED TO FIX IT NOW BEFORE
THE WHOLE KEEPS ON GROWING.
50 PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS,
AND POPULAR PROGRAMS WILL BE
DONE AWAY WITH.
>> KGW'S MORGAN ROMERO TALKED
WITH PARK STAFF, PEOPLE WHO
EXPECT TO LOSE THEIR JOBS.
>> Reporter: HE DOESN'T DO IT
FOR THE MONEY.
>> A PERSONAL TRAINER ON THE
SITE ALREADY SO I TECHNICALLY
HAVE THREE JOBS.
>> Reporter: HE DOES IT BECAUSE
OF THE PEOPLE, AND THE BIGGER
PICTURE.
PICTURE.
PICTURE. TOMMY THOMPSON WORKS IN EAST
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. >> IT'S A VERY DIVERSE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. >> Reporter: SERVING AN
UNDERSERVED PART OF THE UNITY.
>> IT IS NOT THE MOST WEALTHY
OF AREAS EITHER.
>> Reporter: FOR TWO YEARS, HE
HAS BEEN A FITNESS RECREATION
LEADER.
LEADER.
LEADER. >> FITNESS IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT FOR MINORITY LEADERS.
THERE ARE STATISTICS THAT SAY
THEY ARE THE MOST AT RISK FOR
OBESITY AND DIABETES.
>> Reporter: TO SAVE MONEY, THE
FITNESS PROGRAMS WILL LOOK
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. THOMPSON IS NOW ONE OF 16
PEOPLE WHO WILL LOSE THEIR JOB
IN THE FIRST ROUND OF LAYOFFS.
>> I WILL PROBABLY, YOU KNOW,
SCRAPED BY FOR A LITTLE BIT.
I WILL DIP INTO SOME SAVINGS.
I HAVE OPPORTUNITIES.
I'M LUCKY IN THAT WAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
WON'T HAVE THAT.
>> Reporter: THE REST OF THE
LAYOFFS WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER.
WILLIAM ZEIGLER FEARS HE MIGHT
BE PART OF THAT BATCH.
>> I GREW UP IN THE PARKS AND
RECREATION SYSTEM, HAVING A
BONE DISEASE AND BREAKING BONES
ALL THE TIME.
THE WATER WAS ONE OF THE SAFEST
PLACES FOR ME.
>> Reporter: FULL-TIME FOR
THREE YEARS, HE HAS WORKED WITH
PARK IN SOME CAPACITY FOR 13.
>> AS THEY MOVED INTO THE
COMMUNITY CENTERS, I SAW WHAT
WE DO FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE,
AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE IS.
>> Reporter: ZEIGLER SAYS HE
RELIES ON HIS JOB AT SOUTHWEST
COMMUNITY CENTER FOR HIS
INDEPENDENCE.
INDEPENDENCE. >> TO ME PERSONALLY, IT WOULD
MEAN LOSS OF MY BENEFITS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I
HAVE EVER BEEN ABLE TO BE ON MY
OWN.
OWN.
OWN. >>
OWN. >> Reporter: NOW, HE'S WORRIED
HE WILL LOSE THEM.
THOUGH, SENIORITY DOES MATTER.
>> MOST OF US HAVE BEEN IN THE
DARK ABOUT WHO IS ACTUALLY
GOING TO BE GONE.
>> Reporter: ZEIGLER AND
THOMPSON FEEL THESE CUTS ARE
FATAL.
FATAL.
FATAL. AND, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THE
CITY CAN DIG OUT OF THIS HOLE,
BY SCALING BACK GENERAL FUND
SPELLING.
SPELLING.
SPELLING. >> MOST GADI SCHWARTZ AGREE THE
PARKS AND REC IS AN ESSENTIAL
SERVICE TO THEM.
>> Reporter: A LIFELINE FOR
MANY IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT THEY
ARE GOING TO GOT PARKS AND REC
AND IT WILL BE A SHADOW OF WHAT
USED TO BE.
>> Reporter: DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE AND AGING
FACILITIES, THEY PLAGUED PARKS
AS WELL, WHICH IS A BIG REASON
WHY THEY ARE CLOSING THE DOUBLE
OPT -- BELOVED SELLWOOD
COMMUNITY CENTER.
COMMUNITY CENTER. COLUMBIA POOL WILL STAY OPEN
UNTIL NEXT YEAR.