Oregon Possible Perp arrested in Two Girls Abduction

KATU Internet News Site | Aug. 14 2002

[oceanperch]

PORTLAND - Police arrested Ward Weaver--the man who claims he is the FBI's main suspect in the disappearance of 2 missing Oregon City girls--Tuesday evening on a seemingly unrelated rape charge.

Weaver was booked this morning at 5:30 a.m. on rape and sex abuse charges. Bail has been set at $500,000. Weaver is scheduled to be arraigned at 3 p.m. this afternoon.

Weaver was led into the Oregon City jail; as police escorted him into the facility, he told KATU News reporters, "I have no idea what's going on."

A 19-year-old woman claims Weaver sexually assaulted her inside his home Tuesday; she reportedly ran out of his house and hailed passers-by, one of whom took her to a nearby store from which they called police.
Authorities said the 19-year old alleged victim apparently knew Weaver.

She was taken to Willamette Falls Hospital for evaluation and treatment.

Soon thereafter, authorities stopped Weaver in his car as he was driving along Interstate 205 at about 6 p.m. The alleged victim was reportedly taken to the hospital.

In an exclusive television interview in July, Weaver told KATU News he is at the center of the FBI's investigation into the disappearance of missing OR City girls Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis. The FBI has neither confirmed nor denied Weaver's claims.

Last week, Weaver told KATU that he is moving out of state to escape what he considers to be harassment by the FBI.

Weaver's home lies at the entrance to the apartment complex where Pond and Gaddis lived.
He has denied any involvement with their disappearances, but has said that the FBI has repeatedly asked him to take polygraph tests.

He reportedly failed the polygraph test he took, but he has said that is because it was administered improperly. Ashley Pond disappeared on her way to school on January 9, 2002. Miranda Gaddis disappeared at about the same time of day on March 8, 2002.

[oceanperch]

Hope this guy fesses up to give the two families closure. He supposedly attacked one of the girls prior to her dissapearing and the mother could not get the resources at that time to put him away.

[Catspaw]

Naw--from the last two paragraphs of the story, it sounds like this guy is working on his defense already. He's not going to say a word about the two missing girls, even if the family's torment goes on.

[11B3]

I'd say just turn the f_cker loose. The result would be far better deterrent than anything else that has been tried.

Just recently in western Montana there was a rape case involving an illegal alien and a popular girl in the town. The police were kind enough not to arrest the perp - but they did inform some of the girl's relatives as to his whereabouts. End of story.

[Eva]

It sounds like they got their man. We will have to wait until we hear how he got this third girl into his house to see if they will be able to make a circumstantial evidence case for the other two.

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

In an exclusive television interview in July, Weaver told KATU News he is at the center of the FBI's investigation into the disappearance of missing OR City girls Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis.

Last week, Weaver told KATU that he is moving out of state to escape what he considers to be harassment by the FBI.

Anyone else notice lack of tears flowing for this guy here? Poor picked-on man...

Please.

Cry me an effing river.

[BossyRoofer]

I hope the familys find this is the SOB and get the first shot at true justice! They can use my 30.06!

[Valpal1]

So now that he has been booked on another charge, do they have a search warrant and are they going over his property with a fine tooth comb, looking for evidence of these other two girls.

Is it possible this is a set-up and he is being harrassed as he claims. (looking for tin foil).

BTW, if they DO find evidence of the other two, then tin-foil off and draw and quarter him in Pioneer Square.

[Valpal1]

Ping!

[Robert_Paulson2]

only if he did it...

one of the sheriffs in the region has a serious "sexual" history too... he was not a low level sheriff either. I am going to look it up.

I doubt it was this guy though, he was doing a woman who was NOT a minor. This guy does not seem smart enough to avoid detection, living in the immediate neighborhood and all, would make that improbable. Oregon is not exactly cutting edge when it comes to forensic investigations. I think criminals know that.

Here, they can get a job working as a policeman...

Someone who knew HOW to avoid detection or perhaps has misdirected the investigation intentionally.

I suspect a former or current cop, a-la "Jennifer Eight"

[oceanperch]

What about the Beverly Beach 2 girls strangled and every year a wreath. But it is sworn that the Detectives screwed up that case.
The pervert still remains umungst (sp) Iam mad.
I am a Bad American.

Are you familiar with this case?

[oceanperch]

She ran naked for God sake and got the heck out of a bad situation.

I used to think teaching defense to 8 year olds was silly.

I say self defence should start at 5yrs. old with all t

he early release non violent rapists.

[Eva]

My question was not how she got away, but how he got her there in the first place. I was wondering if he picked her up in a way that might be similar to something that could have happened to the other two. We need to find something to tie the rapes together so that we can convict him of murdering the other two girls without any body being found.

[TamiPie]

Weaver is one shady character. The moment I saw his picture and read about him in earlier articles, I came to the conclusion he's no good...

[luckodeirish]

They can use my Sig 229. It has night sights, hehe.

[oceanperch]

Plus the fact that the FBI have been searching parks again with the canines.

My prayers are with the families tonight who have to keep rehashing the feelings of losing a dear part of their lives.

May the culprit make his peace with God and tell all he knows.

[oceanperch]

Do you remember the Longo Case here on the Oregon Coast?

Do you care to know how Longo got a second Grand Jury Trial?

The average age of citizens here in our town is 70 so he technically did not get a jury of his community peers.

This man with out doubt drowned his 4 yr old then proceeded to strangle and stuff the rest of his family a petite wife and two baby girls into a sleeping bag with bricks (not enough as the sleeping bag came afloat outside his Resort Condo).

He was apprehended starting his life over in Mexico amoung hut (cheap) accomadations.

Horrible thank God we have men who stand up and care for their families no matter what selfishness they must sacrifice.

[oceanperch]

Bump for the late night crowd.

2Treivers you around this early.

[oceanperch]

Good call Eva. thanks for the input.

[oceanperch]

and he had a History of attemped rape on one of the young victems(sp).

The whole town should support the trial as they have supported the two Moms in the past.

Fill up that court room!

[oceanperch]

Oh Eva I feel this jerk is going and has already set his own noose he is just to stupid to relize it.