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Case Description
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In the late summer of 1974, a young White boy named David James Phillips, aged five, embarked on what was meant to be a pleasant Labor Day weekend camping trip. He was with his mother, Belinda Cowden, his stepfather, Richard Cowden, and his five-month-old half-sister, Melissa Cowden. The family made a last-minute decision to visit a familiar spot in the Siskiyou Mountains near Copper, Oregon, a place where they had camped before. They arrived on August 30th, setting up their camp near Carberry C ...Read More
Victim Details

David Phillips

Male

White / Caucasian

Copper

OR

1974-09-01

5

David

Phillips

11/23/2025