Dayton Leroy Rogers

Serial Killer

Dayton Leroy Rogers: The Molalla Forest Killer

Early Life and Background

Dayton Leroy Rogers was born on September 30, 1953, in Moscow, Idaho, and grew up in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. By the early 1980s he was a married small-engine mechanic, but mounting debt and a lifelong pattern of violence set the stage for murder.

Modus Operandi & Victimology

Rogers cruised Portland’s 82nd Avenue red-light corridor in a blue Nissan pickup, luring vulnerable “street” women—runaways, sex-workers, and addicts—into remote timberland. Once isolated, he bound his victims with coat-hanger ligatures or dog collars, tortured and repeatedly stabbed them (often focusing on their feet because of a fetish), then concealed the bodies beneath brush.

Discovery of the Molalla Forest Dump Site

On August 31, 1987, a hunter stumbled upon a decomposed body off South Molalla Forest Road, about 30 miles south of Portland. Detectives soon uncovered six additional female remains scattered within a one-mile radius—one of Oregon’s largest homicide scenes. ...Read More

Confirmed Victims: (6)

Jennifer Lisa Smith Age: (25), Date of Death: 1987-08-07

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