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Hello and welcome to the true crime podcast beyond the ferns with your host Susie buckle up Things are about to get a little scary Oh my goodness, it is that time of the week yet again, and I am back with another episode of the Malola Forest Killer Part 2. This is part 2 of 3, and I hope everyone has enjoyed the last episode. And is gearing up for another chaotic time. I imagine that if you're here, and you've been listening along, that you're already a proud supporter of the Dayden is the Worst fan club. Welcome. Happy to have you here. We are just scratching the surface of the tragedy that comes along with his name. Last week, I left you off with District Attorney strongly urging for Dayton to stay within prison, to throw away the key, for him to never enter back into society again. He was deemed to be unfit and an absolute danger. But Dayton does get out of prison just a few short years later in 1986. As you can imagine, Dayton's post prison life is not butterflies and rainbows over here. But I did want to provide you with a silver lining before we get into this case. Last episode. I complained the whole time about the justice system. this episode, there are a few detectives that have been assigned to the case that do an absolute bang up job. I'm happy to report that law enforcement no longer has their head in their asses, and they're being like full blown law enforcement people now. So that's really cool. Let's get into the second part of the Malola forest killer. Dayton's prison sentence reached an end in 1982. He spent the years of 1982 to 1986 Working to rebuild his life, he reintegrated back into society by using his mechanical trade he learned in prison to open up his own engine repair shop. Now to the public eye, he seemed to be doing well. He was making an honest living, he was working hard, he had a bustling business. He seemed to get along with all the customers. There wasn't really any complaints from the general public. He was managing a lot of different things and serving his small community. He reunited with his wife Sherry post prison. What an angel. She stayed with him throughout prison.. They welcomed a son into their family. It seemed like he was getting everything back to normal. Well, maybe normal for Dayden, but to non sociopaths, far from normal. The harsh reality was that the only skill he actually brought back from prison and was utilizing in his day to day life was his mechanical trade. Dayton wasted no time returning to his old ways of a life of violence and pure destruction, and he somehow managed to stay under the radar from the authorities during these four years. Dayton's flying under the radar would come to a screeching halt in March of 1987. A woman by the name of Tracy Baxter, who was just 16 years old, had fallen on tough times and relied on the block of Southeast 82nd Avenue. So this block was located in Portland and it was very well known for sex working. She used this to sustain her basic human needs, and she very much lived day to day. Tracy was used to a bustling area with lots of customers. She had no problem being able to make enough money. So this night seemed to be a bit different. The rain was picking up. It was getting darker and darker by the hour. And no customers were coming through. Of course, Tracy was concerned that she wouldn't make enough money to keep a roof over her head for the night. She was relieved when she saw a silver blue Nissan truck pull up shortly after. The man inside introduced himself as Steve. She would later tell police of the horrific event that ensued. This event ended with a man inside the truck attempting to saw through her leg above her ankle. What in the To her surprise, though, unexpectedly, without any warning, he stopped midway through the sign. Just stopped. and then drove her back into the area in which he picked her up. She was able to hoist herself out of the truck and hobble back to her home. Of course, in her line of work, she was nervous to tell police, and she had been so brutally injured that she had waited to tell police until the next day. In July of the same year, Heather Brown, another sex worker, was leaving her hotel to walk to a nearby 7 Eleven to pick up some cigarettes. The walk from the hotel to the convenience store. was just a few short blocks away. Upon her walking, Heather was approached by a truck, and although she didn't really need a ride, she thought, why not save me some time and accepted it.. As she got into the truck and they took off, She instantly regretted her decision. The man inside the truck explained his intention to tie her up and have sex with her immediately once they got to their location. Of course, he didn't use the word sex. Unlike the other women, Heather didn't want to find out what happened when they got there. She was determined to plan her escape.. as she's thinking of what she's going to do, her eyes wander from the truck to the door handle. The truck is getting up to speeds of 40 to 60 miles per hour. And the man inside is looking at her eyes wondering, growing suspicious of her intentions. He put out his arm trying to prevent her from opening the door, fighting her. All the adrenaline pumping through Heather was enough to have her free the grasp of this man, open the door, and roll out onto the gravel road. Now remember this truck is going 40 to 60 miles per hour. As she's rolling on the ground, Dayden sees a logging truck coming up near them. Dayden. Dayden. And he starts getting nervous that the logging truck may take his license plate, and so he flees off. Heather is rolling among the gravel, and the log truck driver gets out, comes to her rescue, and brings her to a nearby hospital for treatment. Roughly a month after the Heather Brown attack, on August 6th, 1987, the day started like any other. Dayton and his family woke up, they ate breakfast together, and then Dayton set off for the engine repair shop for the day. Now during this time, Dayton's repair shop was really, really busy. It was picking up a lot of customers, so he hired a few extra hands to manage the work coming in. For It was a common occurrence for Dayton to eat breakfast with his family, kiss Sherry goodbye, and spend all day from the morning into the evening working at his shop. Working, quote, unquote, into the wee hours of the night. At least that's what he told Sherry. Sherry definitely had her doubts regarding Dayton and his whereabouts. Whether you want to call it trust, or just going along with his excuses, or turning the other cheek, Sherry just decided to take his word for it. On this specific day, Dayton spent four hours at his shop until he knew Sherry would be in bed.. Sherry would oftentimes call later in the evening, I assume Sherry probably wanted to catch Dayden in a lie, see that he wasn't at the shop, or hopes that she would get him on the phone and see that he was in fact at the shop. Sherry never ended up calling, so Dayton waited until he knew she would be fast asleep before he left. Dayton changed in his going out clothes around 12 a. m. and headed towards 82nd Avenue where he picked up Tracy Baxter months before. Little bit of a teaser here, Tracy Baxter was not the first person he met on the 82nd Avenue. He had met countless women and we'll find out later just about how many women were accounted for that he had met in that general vicinity. When Dayden arrives to this block, he locks eyes with a familiar face, Jennifer Smith. Her name was Jennifer Smith, but she went by Ginny.. They had hung out a time or two before. Dayden was always friendly and paid her well. Ginny had no reason to doubt Dayden's intentions after Dayton picked up Jenny, we're unsure what occurred between the hours of 1 30 to 3 a. m. And part of the reason we're unsure is because Jenny is no longer with us and Dayton Is a piece of shit and never has divulged the information. At this point, what we do know is that Jenny and Dayton did not set off towards the Malola forest. The Malola forest was a place that Dayton was beginning to take his victims. For whatever reason, they didn't go in this general direction. If I had to speculate, though, why they stayed within the area of where he picked up Jenny, It was probably because he was familiar with Jenny, they had a relationship, and he wanted to appease her. I'm sure Jenny proposed that she wanted to stay within that area and Dayden agreed to that location. Right around 3 a. m. they ended up entering into a small business complex in southeast Portland. This was a business complex with several businesses that were housed in this location, one of which being the Denny's restaurant. After parking the truck, Dayton told Jenny to take off her clothes. Having no bindings of his own, he took the shoelaces out of her shoes to begin tying up her wrists and ankles. It was moments later that Dayden went into the glove box. He brought out a knife, and during this point, Jenny's back was to Dayden. But upon feeling the knife or seeing the knife, Jenny began to scream a guttural cry. If you remember from the first episode, Dayden gets a sexual desire from inflicting pain on his victims. When he inflicts pain on his victims and they scream or cry, that only makes him escalate further. Since she was doing both of these things, he drew the knife to her back and started making an incision.. Jenny violently twisted and turned, fighting as hard as she could to get free. And Dayden took the knife to her nipple and started to make a deep cut. He must have knew it was a matter of minutes before someone from the surrounding businesses would hear Jenny screaming and come to the scene to help her.. Dayden began viciously, stabbing Jenny over and over again. Countless stabs to her torso. Jenny fought so hard to relinquish Dayton's control and flee. She fought, and fought, and fought, and fought.. Up until her last breaths. All of her fighting led her to being able to free herself from the bindings. She opened the door of Dayton's truck and fell immediately onto the pavement, continuing to muster any strength she had being on pure adrenaline to run towards the Denny's restaurant. Now, mind you, she has several incisions and she's bleeding perfusively. With all of these stabs to her whole body, she's screaming as loud as she can. She's throwing up her arms in the air for help and trying to get anyone's attention from the nearby restaurant. At this point, Dayton grabs her by the neck and brings her down to an area of the parking lot that was lowly lit. He continues to stab her as she fights with him on the ground, wrestling for the knife. They went back and forth and Jenny was beginning to lose any fight she had left because she was losing so much blood. She slowly slips into unconsciousness. Unlike the Malola Forest, on a night like this, early in the morning, a Denny's parking lot has a lot of people in it. At least, a lot of people in the restaurant near it. When Kurt and James Theokler were leaving Denny's at this time and headed back towards their cars, they stopped in their tracks after hearing a loud scream and commotion ahead of them in the parking lot. Now, due to the low lighting in the parking lot, The two men couldn't make out what was going on in the scene in front of them, but they did see a figure moving quickly from the scene. Having put two and two together, they figured this was an assault and that the person was trying to get away. They ran to Ginny's aid as quickly as they could, but realized that Ginny was already unconscious. The two men drew attention to two more customers from the restaurant. Richard Bergio and Charles Gates heard the cries for 9 1 1 from the restaurant and decided to go out and check out the situation for themselves. Richard Gates hoisted himself from his wheelchair and fell onto the ground below to provide any last attempts to save Jenny's life. He began CPR for several minutes while Kurt began to place pressure on Jenny's wounds. However, the clear loss of blood from all over Jenny's body made this an impossible task. While this is going on, Dayton was seeing again. He was looking beyond at the scene where Jenny's body lie. Not running, just weaving from side to side, probably deciding on how he would get back to his truck without anyone seeing him. The realest of ones, the MVPs, the true heroes of this case, the individuals that restore my faith in humanity, the perfect examples. are both that of Steve Connor and Richard Bergio. These two men had the perfect idea of getting into their cars and positioning themselves at both exits in hopes to leave no room for Dayton to leave the parking lot. And although this was a wonderful idea, and I want to present it as one, as it held so much merit, And it just goes to show the power of teamwork and the care for another person's life. It did end up not working. Dayton ultimately drove his truck over the sidewalk and fled the scene. However, it was the coolest attempt and I gotta give them both props for thinking of it. So Dayton's gone forever, right? Richard Bergio, my guy, was determined to get his plate numbers no matter how much it took. He sought out Dayton in his car, reaching speeds of over 100 miles per hour. Richard finally was able to get behind Dayton at a stoplight, and he took out his pen and jotted down his license plate number. Meanwhile, Sergeant Danny Fine and Deputy Randy Berry had received 9 1 1 calls and were alerted to the scene. Paramedics arrived and medical technicians worked on stopping Jenny's bleeding while others worked to block off the crime scene and give the utmost priority attention to saving Jenny's life. This is such a devastating end because after many minutes of trying to get Ginny to come back to consciousness, there wasn't much that could be done at this point. Ginny was transported to Emanuel Hospital, having lost so much blood. And was pronounced dead on August 7th now, this is where things take a turn detective work at its finest. No time was wasted after the murder occurred. Law enforcement assigned detectives Turner Strovink and Lieutenant Detloff to the scene. They started to look around for any bits of evidence. There were some tire impressions that were found in what appeared to be a spot of antifreeze. They also came across women's clothing, a pair of Levi jeans, one white shoe, several shoelaces that had been knotted and tied together at both ends, and a Nike sweatshirt. As they're looking over the scene and making sure to search every single inch, Richard Bergio returns with the license plate number. Now, he did mention that it was difficult to get the license plate number due to the light on the back of the license plate being inoperable. This information went through the Department of Motor Vehicles. Deputy Touchmark was notified of the name and address of the owner of the Nissan truck. And are we ready for it? Dayton. Roger. Of course, the fact that there was a lead like this only a short time after the incident occurred. Was pure gold to law enforcement. Now it was just a matter of going to that address and hoping that it was indeed the person they were looking for. The team of detectives split up to ensure that they covered all of their bases. Detectives Turner and Strovic remained at the crime scene to ensure that they could get all remaining evidence while maintaining that the crime scene remained clear of any contamination. While deputies Larry Beckwith and Kevin Ling We're sent to the Canby address around 5 a. m. Sherry opened the door and was taken aback to see two officers asking if she owned a 1985. I'm sure Sherry was completely over the bullshit,, because she started to go back inside the house and motioned for them to follow her. She explained she was the co owner of the truck with her husband Dayton. Follow up questions, of course, ensued, and they asked where Dayton was, and Sherry assured them he was at the shop in Woodburn. Sherry further explained that her husband Dayton owned an engine repair shop in Woodburn and at this time of year, it deemed to be very, very busy. If that's what you want to call it. As she's explaining this to detectives, the detectives decided to go outside and confer with one another. And as they're outside talking among themselves, Sherry's inside phoning Dayton about the current situation. As Dayton's speaking with Sherry, Dayton requested for Sherry to give the phone to one of the officers so that he could speak with them. Detective Turner gets on the phone and Dayton asks why they're currently at the house. Detective Turner shared that his current vehicle was reported to have fled the scene of a very serious incident. And as Dayton's on the phone with him, he says, Ugh, that's so crazy. I've been at my shop all night long, just working. But you know what? If you have any questions or just want to come over and chat a little, please feel free to come over to my shop. I'm happy to answer any questions. This was an immediate red flagged detective, Beck. Dayton's lack of interest in the incident and lack of attempting to fight back about his truck being the one of suspicion I don't know about you, but if I'm told I'm part of a very I'm not going to just start talking about, Oh, come ask me questions at the shop. I'm going to say, no, I was in fact at home watching Seinfeld. Thank you. And what is this related to? What serious event? I would be pleading and acting as if I was on death row myself fighting for my life. Detective Turner and Lieutenant Dettlaff happily accepted Dayton's request and arrived shortly at the small engine repair shop around 5 35 a. m. that morning. Now upon arrival they noticed a light blue Nissan pickup truck with the license plate number CYW194 parked in front of the shop. Does that sound familiar? Turner approached the truck and placed his hand over the grill. It was obvious that the truck had just been used from the heat of the radiator warming his hand. He continued at this point up the sidewalk nearing the building's entrance and saw a small droplet of blood. Turner pointed this out to Det Lof very quietly, and then kept both of these findings close to the chest as he approached the garage.. When stepping into the shop, had all the expected items you would see in a shop. A workbench, machinery, a wood stove for heating during the winter, and tools hung up along the walls. Detective Turner did find one thing unusual, though. The shop was so orderly and tidy. It was spotless. They walked through each room and on to another room and another room, and off to the right served as a kitchen with a small countertop and sink, along with a coffee maker that was just beginning its brew cycle. Dayton stood in front of them ready for any questions to come his way, while the deputies noticed several bandages on his right hand. They noted this, and, you know, put it in their back pocket for further questioning at a later point. Deputies approached Dayton and informed him that his Nissan truck had been reported fleeing the scene of a serious incident earlier that morning. It was obvious to the deputies that Dayton had been drinking due to the strong smell of alcohol on his breath. They asked for a summary of his whereabouts and Dayton stated that he had been at the shop all night. Just, you know, drinking away on some bourbon and a strawberry mixer. Nothing crazy. Dayton did not appear to be stumbling over his words or appearing drunk. Deputy Turner asked if he could check out the truck. Dayton gave him the go ahead nonchalantly. Sure, go ahead. Okay, this is my favorite part of the interrogation right now, so get ready. Detective work at its finest. Chef freaking kiss. So Turner went over to Dayton's truck and put his hand up over the engine. Been here all night, huh? Why is the engine so hot? Dayden answered that he had let it run for a while, having just gone out to Safeway to get a cup of coffee. Detective Turner without hesitation, pointed to the obvious coffee brewing, suggesting otherwise dayton immediately redacted his statement, stating, Actually, you know what, I never went to Safeway, but I was about to, until I received a call from my wife Sherry informing that you two were actually at my house asking about this truck. He mentioned leaving the truck on during the phone call, which is why it was still warm. And Turner began to discuss this topic further, mentioning, The valve cover was still hot, not just warm. Your story just doesn't make sense. Dayton was beginning to lose his patience with the questions and angrily responded with, I haven't left here all night. Turner met his anger with a ploy informing Dayton that the incident they were investigating was a murder and that it had just occurred, continuing with, We believe it was your vehicle seen leaving the scene of the murder. Unfortunately, this fact alone did not rattle Dayton. He continued to be steadfast in his conviction that he had been at the shop all night long. Turner moved to the obvious injury to his hand, hoping that this would bring up some kind of confession as well. Dayton claimed that he had recently accidentally cut it with a hacksaw. You Detectives asked if they could take the hacksaw into custody. And David said, no, go ahead. He didn't mind. Turner continued to question Dayton by asking where he had been drinking that night, and Dayton said that he had bought some wine at a nearby Safeway around 11 p. m. and drank it at his shop. He bought those miniature bottles, the ones you would typically see on an airplane. Turner found many inconsistencies with Dayton's statement, making these mental notes to himself. First off, Dayton had alluded to drinking a mixed drink of strawberry and bourbon only moments before. And now he's stating miniature wine bottles? Or did he mean liquor? The liquor stores closed at 7 p. m. in Oregon. Turner noticed that Dayton was beginning to be fatigued, doing a poor job at sticking to any story that held any kind of merit at this point. Turner continued to press regarding the miniature bottles. He asked if he did in fact have miniature bottles, if he could search his trash cans. Dayton answered with, No, go ahead. Search the place if you want to. Search my truck. You want me to go with you? Say so. Obviously getting more and more escalated by the minute. Turner spoke to the inconsistencies of the trash can and the hacksaw absent of any blood.. Dayton turned completely cold. His eyes began to darken with anger as Turner pressed further about witnessing his truck leaving the scene. Despite this, Dayden remained steadfast in his story and said, Well, I want to talk to my attorney then. Although Detective Turner knew he didn't have enough evidence to link Dayton to the crime at this point in time, when Dayton asked him if they were done there and what was next, Turner used this opportunity to request to take him to be fingerprinted. Since Dayton didn't budge or say otherwise or say how they were interfering with his rights and he just openly asked what was next, Dayton was brought in for fingerprints. And after running his fingerprints Dayton was no stranger to law enforcement. His records revealed his involvement in a serious, near fatal stabbing, which was that of Denise Raymond, as well as other heinous sexual crimes. While this information was helpful to Detective Turner's case, He knew it wouldn't be the smoking gun they needed. Furthermore, due to these acts occurring in various counties, he understood that obtaining all the background information would take more time. Dayton was sent to Willamette Falls Hospital, where his wounds were being treated. They were unable to get samples from under his fingernails due to his nails being too short. But detectives still used this opportunity to speak with doctors at the hospital asking if they believed his injuries were caused by that of a hacksaw. The doctor informed Turner that it was super unlikely because a hacksaw would have been a jaggy wound, not a smooth and clean wound like Dayton's was. This indicated that the wound Dayton had was most likely caused by a knife blade, a sharp edge now at the crime scene, there was a person that was a prime witness to this crime, and that was Michael Fielding. He lived in an apartment near the parking lot in which he said that He saw a man coming from the northwest end of the parking lot, because that man had walked behind a lighted area, Michael was able to describe the movements. The man looked behind his shoulder to see if anyone was following him, but no one was. And then Michael saw a shiny metal object in the man's right hand. This object was pointing upward and the object looked to be about 5 inches long and thin. Michael said he could tell it was a knife. Other factors of Dayton's height and weight were not as valid due to Michael being up higher and unable to gauge the height and weight of the perpetrator. Detectives put this helpful information in their back pocket as they continue to search high and low for the murder weapon. Without the murder weapon and without the obvious proof, it was going to be very, very hard for them to pin anything on anyone. Hours upon hours of searching the same scene over and over again. Six times over, in fact. 9. 30 a. m., Officer Gillian saw a shiny object sticking out of a shrub. This was nearly three feet from the sidewalk behind the building, in which Michael Fielding claimed the perpetrator had been last seen. The knife was bent and blood covered. Careful not to spoil any fingerprints on the knife. The knife was placed into a paper bag And sent into the Oregon State Police Crime Lab for further testing. During this time, Deputy State Medical Examiner Karen Gunson conducted the autopsy of Jenny Smith. Which at that time, due to not knowing the identity of the body, she was referred to as Jane Doe. These were the findings of the autopsy. There were 11 knife wounds to Jenny's body, 10 of which were very deep. Eight of the injuries were present on the front of her body, and three were on her backside. Jenny had sustained slashing wounds to both of her breasts. One of which was horizontally oriented stab wound that bisected the left nipple and extended into the lateral left areola. There were two deep stab wounds in her abdomen that pierced her stomach. She had slash wounds on both of her hands that cut all the way up to the bone= those would be described as defensive injuries. There were stab wounds at the base of her throat where the neck joins the upper chest. A major artery on the left side of her chest had been severed and was likely the cause of her death. A V-shaped wound had pierced the liver, and this would be the result of two stab wounds that had overlapped. Since she was labeled as Jane Doe, Police Bureau Investigation Division took her fingerprints in for further identification. They came back as a confirmed identity of Jennifer Lisa Smith. She was only 25 years old at the time of her death with enough evidence to finally mark Dayton as the top suspect in the investigation, Turner was granted a search warrant to search Dayton's home, business, truck, and his person. During the search, they took him into custody for further examination. Bandage wrappers, hacksaw, blood samples from his work, boots, jeans, and a knife identical to the one at the scene was collected. They also collected two vials of blood and strands of hair from Dayton. Inside the truck, they were able to process a full fingerprint from the right passenger door and blood from under the window frame. The truck was searched from top to bottom, and as luck would have it, or merely maybe Dayton lazily cleaning up, who knows, the truck was coated with blood throughout, which was the most damning of evidence. Ginny had charges that were contributed closely to her line of work and lifestyle at the current time of her death. According to Ginny's mother in law, Ginny abstained from any drugs or alcohol, and she was a quiet person. She kept to herself. Ginny was also someone's daughter, and a mother herself to two children. I mentioned how much I love the detectives in this episode, and I not only love them, but I have so so much respect for detective Turner specifically, because at this time in the 80s, I mean, we're in 2024 and there's still feelings of, well, she deserved it. She knew what she was getting into. She put herself in that situation. That was her lifestyle. That was her line of work, right? But detective Turner didn't think of it that way. He acknowledged that the public may have discarded her because of her lifestyle class, and maybe, you know, they thought that just came with the territory of her line of work. However, he knew that she was much more than any rap sheet could convey. She was a human being that deserved respect and care Detective Turner knew he owed it to Jenny and her family and would not stop until Dayden paid for his crimes and was behind bars. I need to insert a little button that says let's fucking go because on January 13th, five days after the murder, Detective Turner received a call from a man who identified himself as a minister from Canby. He shared that he felt he needed to call in because he had received a disturbing phone call conversation from Roy Miller. Roy Miller, you might notice the last name was Sherry's father. And during this call, Roy shared he found some suspicious items inside a wood stove at Dayton's shop. Roy explained he had been in communication with Dayton from jail, informing him that it was best for the shop to be closed indefinitely. Of course, this decision to close the shop wasn't one that Roy took lightly, having lent Dayton the money to open the shop in the first place, and had been there throughout the shop's successes. It was a somber time knowing this was the unforeseen business end, but while going through the shop's contents, Dayton asked Roy if law enforcement had searched his wood stove during the search warrant. Roy wasn't sure, but immediately after the phone call ended, he, of course, was curious. He took a magnet to the wood stove and metal things flew up from the contents of the burnt wood chips. Little hooks from those that looked like a bra, shoe eyelets, and a little brown bag of ashes. Those were also taken in for further evaluation. The ashes consisted of five belt buckles, two long metal Springs, metal shanks from five shoes. Several buttons, earrings, bra hooks. Several of the metal parts matched the exact shoes of Jenny Smith's. Through the witnessing process, the question mark was regarding who Dade and was, and how he was viewed by his peers is one that I know for myself. Has been a lingering question in my mind from the beginning of this research okay, this is my second favorite part of the investigation, was the comments from Dayton's peers. Strangely, these comments were on both sides. They were all over the map about the type of person he was. One friend that he was known to fish with said, quote, he was all right. Okay, if I have a friend that feels like I'm just all right, please don't tell me. Like straight indifference. But he goes on to say his lifestyle was one that he just didn't understand, but he seemed nice enough. Okay, another co worker said, He was like a brother to me, a perfect gentleman. Never tried anything, nor did anything suggestive. We never had alcohol together, just coffee. The bar is so low here. Another coworker that he worked with at the shop said quote, he was moody. He was always right. The customer was always wrong, and at times he was belligerent. His shop was clean, though. You could literally eat off the floor of his work area. But he had an ego problem. Lastly, his father in law, Roy Miller, said, quote, I always thought he was okay, but now that he's charged with murder, I'm not really sure I don't know why these make me laugh. I know they're very serious, but gosh, these quotes, man. Now the search warrant and everything thereafter is enough to be able to hold Dayton in jail. And at this point, the investigation is in full force. They are continuing to sift through evidence from the crime scene and speak with witnesses. Everything's coming along nicely, right? Until August 31st, 1987, it was deer season for hunters in Oregon. And a hunter was searching for a place to set up for the day in the Malola forest. He's following a path down, and he discovers a man made trail. And he's starting to walk down it, and he's looking around, and he's searching out for a good spot, Until he catches a whiff of a foul smell. Thinking it could be that of a deer, he didn't think much of it and continued down the path. As he's walking and looking around, he notices something. He looks down and he tries to identify what it is. Beyond the ferns, he spots the exposed thigh of a human body. He calls the Clackamas County Sheriff's Department. And little did detectives know, their work was far from over. Not only was there one body that would turn up in this forest, but they would come across many, many more. I am leaving you here for today on this huge cliffhanger. Don't hate me. But please tune in next week, because as you can tell, we're not done with Dayden. We are just beginning with this crazy, crazy man. So please join along next week for part three, the final part of the Malola Forest Killer. Bye bye. And I hope everyone has a fabulous week ahead. I'm gonna go cleanse my mind, body, and spirit with a cat video, Gilmore Girls, New Girl, The Office. Um, yeah, I recommend a palette cleanser. So,, take care and we'll see you next week. Bye! Um, uh, Um, Uh, transcript..