In the quiet community of Sandy, Oregon, the life of a 67-year-old Caucasian male, Norman Charles Terrill, Sr., came to a tragic and violent end on the afternoon of Saturday, March 24, 2018. The events unfolded at a residence located at 18655 S.E. Autumn Way in an unincorporated area of the city, shattering the peace of the neighborhood.
Around 5 p.m. that day, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office received a report of a shooting at the address.
Deputies who responded to the scene were confronted with a tense situation. The alleged shooter, identified as 56-year-old Roxanne Martin, also a resident of Sandy, was still inside the home. For the next hour, law enforcement officers engaged in a delicate negotiation, communicating with Martin through text messages, phone calls, and a loudspeaker, urging her to surrender peacefully.
Ultimately, their efforts proved successful, and Martin emerged from the residence, giving herself up without any further incident. She was immediately taken into custody and lodged at the Clackamas County Jail. Once the scene was secure, deputies entered the home and made a grim discovery. They found Norman Terrill deceased inside. The cause of his death was determined to be a result of the shooting.
As the investigation commenced, detectives from the sheriff's office's Homicide and Violent Crimes Unit began to piece together the circumstances that led to the fatal encounter. It was revealed that Terrill and Martin had been involved in a tumultuous romantic relationship, described as being "on-again-off-again" for the previous four years. The exact motive for the shooting was not immediately released as the investigation continued with assistance from the Crime Scene Investigations Unit, the Clackamas County Medical Examiner's Office, and the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Criminal Reconstruction and Forensic Team. Following her arrest, Roxanne Martin was held without bail.
