Woman found dead due to head trauma On July 23, 1997, Sheron Kaye Cheney, a 50-year-old woman from Idaho, was found dead under mysterious circumstances near Hyatt Lake in Ashland, Oregon. She had been camping in the area with her boyfriend, Glenn Keagle. The couple had checked into a campground earlier that day, and Cheney was last seen walking along the road between the campground and a nearby resort during the early evening.
Later that night, her body was discovered on a remote dirt road.
The investigation revealed that Cheney had suffered blunt force injuries, consistent with either falling or being thrown from a moving vehicle. However, it remains unclear whether her death was accidental or if she was forcibly ejected from the vehicle. There was no conclusive evidence of foul play, although investigators found a single impact mark on her body, which Keagle admitted to causing. Despite his admission, there was insufficient evidence to label the case a homicide, and the exact circumstances of Cheney's death remain unresolved.
The case has been classified as suspicious, and the authorities have kept it open, hoping for new evidence or witness accounts that might clarify what happened during her final moments. The lack of clear physical evidence or witnesses has kept this case among Jackson County's unsolved cold cases.
