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Michael Francke

Case from Salem, OR dated Jan 17, 1989

Victim Details

Michael Francke

Male

White / Caucasian

Salem

OR

1989-01-17

42

Michael

Francke

09/13/2026

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Michael Francke was a 42-year-old White male who was serving as director of the Oregon Department of Corrections when he was killed outside his office in Salem on the evening of January 17, 1989. Francke worked in the Dome Building on the grounds of the Oregon State Hospital, where the Department of Corrections maintained its administrative offices. He had been appointed corrections director in 1987 and was overseeing Oregon's prison system during a period of severe overcrowding, expansion, and ...
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