James E. McLean

Death by Force

On July 23, 1995, 50-year-old male transient **James E. McLean ** was found murdered inside the plywood shack he occupied at a homeless encampment beside the railroad tracks near the Albany waterfront in Albany, Oregon. He had been stabbed repeatedly, struck about the head with a modified axe handle nicknamed a “goon stick,” and robbed of his boots and wallet. Investigators fixed the death window to the early-morning hours and noted drag marks and blood spatter consistent with a sudden, clos ...Read More