On a Friday morning in Eugene, Oregon, 69-year-old Frank Ledgett, a White male, was found deceased in a parking lot. It was October 5, 2018, and the circumstances of his death were immediately suspicious. Ledgett, a resident of nearby Springfield, had been working as a private security guard at the commercial property where his body was discovered. The cause of his death was determined to be a shooting.
The investigation into Ledgett's death moved swiftly.
Later that same day, authorities from the Eugene Police Department made an arrest in connection with the shooting. Thomas William Copeland, a 30-year-old man, was taken into custody in the evening in Harrisburg, a small city not far from Eugene.
Following his arrest, Copeland was lodged in the Lane County Jail. He faced a serious charge of felony murder for his alleged involvement in the death of Frank Ledgett. The arrest brought a swift, if not complete, resolution to the initial phase of the investigation into the violent death of the security guard who had been killed while on duty.
