On May 21, 2018, Wesley Joe Newell, a 69-year-old White male, died in Blodgett, Oregon. Newell was a life-long resident of the Blodgett area and a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served as a Green Beret in the Special Forces during the Vietnam War.
Following his military service, Newell became a business owner, operating a concrete construction company and at one time, one of the largest nightclubs in nearby Corvallis.
He was a father to three sons and a grandfather to nine grandchildren. His obituary described him as a man with a "huge heart" who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and the outdoors.
There is no publicly available information from law enforcement or other official sources to indicate that Newell's death was the result of foul play. Online discussions and some speculative websites have questioned the lack of detail surrounding the circumstances of his death, but there have been no official reports of an investigation into his death as a homicide. Consequently, there is no information regarding any arrests, suspects, or persons of interest in connection with his passing. His death is not officially classified as a homicide based on available online records.
