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In the fall of 1991, a 27-year-old man named Anthony Shawn "Tony" Nelson was looking for an opportunity. It was in Portland, Oregon, that he and another homeless man, Randy Scott Henry, crossed paths with a man named Douglas Franklin Wright. Wright offered them a lifeline, or so it seemed, with the promise of work clearing brush at a youth camp for ten dollars an hour. On October 20, 1991, Nelson and Henry accepted the offer and climbed into Wright's vehicle, leaving the city behind.

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Victim Details

Anthony Shawn Tony Nelson

Male

Wasco

OR

1991-10-20

27

Anthony

Shawn Tony Nelson

11/27/2025