Erika Payne

Death by Force

A mother and her young daughter are shot and killed inside their home
In the quiet city of Salem, Oregon, a deeply unsettling event shattered the community's sense of peace. On March 7, 1983, nine-year-old Caucasian female Erika Payne and her 32-year-old mother, Laurel Wilson, were found deceased in their South Salem home. The grim discovery was made in Wilson's bedroom, where both mother and daughter lay on a blood-soaked bed, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds from a handgun. The scene was first encountered by Erika's older sister, Jennifer Payne, who was f ...Read More

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