Suspect in murders of 5 found dead day after their bodies were discovered outside Portland, Oregon, police say - CBS News

The Washington County Sheriff's Office identified the suspect as 36-year-old Benjamin Charles Parker and said investigators believe he died by suicide. Officials confirmed there was no ongoing threat to the public following the discovery.

Washington County Sheriff Caprice Massey said Parker knew the victims, though investigators have not released the names of the five people killed or explained how they were led to Parker. What may have driven the killings remains undisclosed.

This story broke in Oregon and Washington, not Lubbock. But a mass killing of five people solved within 24 hours, with the suspect already dead, is the kind of case that grips people anywhere who follow true crime or criminal justice. For folks in Lubbock tracking national crime news, the speed of the resolution stands out. Five victims discovered, a suspect identified and found dead, and the public safety threat declared over, all inside a single day.

Five people dead on a rural property outside a major American city, with the man authorities believe responsible gone before he could ever face a courtroom.