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"The family of Karissa Alyn Fretwell, 25, and son William (Billy) Fretwell reported the pair missing last week, the Salem Statesman Journal reports, and Salem police are asking the public to report any information on the two to its non-emergency line, (503) 588-6123.

A friend who regularly watched William tells the newspaper she last spoke to Fretwell May 11 when Fretwell had questions about installing a security camera system; the friend was supposed to watch William May 17 but never heard from Fretwell.

A neighbor tells KOIN that about two months ago, “We heard a man and woman arguing incredibly loud. The man was swearing a lot and there was a kid crying in the background, and the woman was yelling at him to get out of her apartment.”

Authorities aren’t releasing much information, including whether any of Fretwell’s personal belongings are missing, but a white Grand Am registered to her is still parked on the street in front of her apartment, and a green Mercury Mountaineer parked in front of it has a college financial aid application on its passenger seat that appears to have been signed by Fretwell.

Her friend says Fretwell works as an overnight security guard while studying education at Western Oregon University, and adds, “She has a strong work ethic. She’d never miss work.”


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"Police in Oregon arrested a man Friday on suspicion of murder and kidnapping following the disappearance of a woman and their 3-year-old son.

A search was continuing for the mother and son, but police had little hope they were alive.

Michael John Wolfe, the child's biological father, was arrested at a doughnut shop in the Portland area, Salem police Lt. Treven Upkes said at a news conference.

Photos of the suspect with a distinctive walrus mustache and thinning brown hair had been published in newspapers and broadcast on TV news.

Wolfe, 52, of Gaston is being charged with two counts of aggravated murder and two counts of kidnapping, police said."

 
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Megan Harper, one of Fretwell’s friends, described a custody battle between the mother and Wolfe.

“My first thought when she first went missing was that he'd done something,” said Harper.

Harper said Wolfe and Fretwell had an affair while they both worked at a McMinville steel mill. Wolfe is William’s biological father.

“There was never a relationship there. She never knew he was married until after a couple weeks of her being pregnant. Then he offered to pay for an abortion,” said Harper.

Harper says Wolfe later wanted to take custody of William.

“That was her fear, him taking her child away,” said Harper.

Multiple friends says Wolfe began sending strange messages to Fretwell.

“There were all of these warning signs. Like, he would send her creepy things in the mail.” Said Harper.

Last month, a Yamhill County judge ruled Wolfe pay nearly $1,000 per month in child support to Fretwell.

Putting him on child support is probably what led to him hurting her and the child.
 
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. – Michael Wolfe, the man accused of killing his 3-year-old son and the boy’s mother, is no longer charged with aggravated murder for the death of the boy’s mother due to recent changes to Oregon law.
The changes substantially limit the crimes that are fit for the death penalty.
Wolfe is still charged with aggravated murder for 3-year-old Billy Fretwell’s death, which means Wolfe could still face the death penalty.

Former Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis said the law was meant to narrow the number of crimes that qualify for the death penalty. And now, he said 30 people on Oregon's death row could get their sentences overturned.

"Technically, every one of those 30 people on death row could have their sentences overturned and have a new trial, and in some cases, based on my history with Oregon justice, will walk free in our lifetimes," he said.
Karissa and Billy Fretwell were found dead on Saturday, June 15.

The mother and son were found dead about 10 miles from the city of Yamhill. The Oregon State Medical Examiner said Karissa died from a single gunshot wound to the head and Billy’s cause and manner of death has yet to be determined. Officials believe they had been dead for nearly a month before they were found.
Investigators say Wolfe was the only person with anything to gain from their disappearance and death. Court documents detailed that he and Karissa Fretwell were in a legal dispute over Billy Fretwell.

Records show that Wolfe was ordered to pay more than a quarter of his monthly salary toward child support.

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After more than two years of delays, the trial of a man accused of kidnapping and murdering a Salem woman and her 3-year-old son has been scheduled for summer 2023.

Karissa Fretwell, 25, and her son, Billy, 3, vanished from their West Salem apartment May 13, 2019. Their bodies were discovered June 15 in a heavily-wooded area in Yamhill County
Billy's father, Michael Wolfe, now 54, of Gaston, was arrested and charged with their kidnapping and murders. His trial has been delayed numerous times, primarily due to a technical legal fight over how a new state law impacted the county's ability to seek the death penalty.

Friends and family have expressed frustration at the slow-turning wheels of justice.
Karissa and Billy's disappearance and subsequent deaths gripped the Willamette Valley community.

Fretwell survived her troubled teen years to become an inspiration for young women and single mothers, working part-time jobs, attending Western Oregon University and caring for Billy. When she eventually sought financial support from Wolfe, who was married at the time of Billy's birth and their murders, it may have cost them their lives.
Friends said Karissa was hesitant at first to file for child support, but it got to the point where she felt she was running out of options. She was working part-time, going to school with dreams of becoming an English teacher and spending more than 30% of her income on child care alone.

In April 2019, the court ordered Wolfe to pay Karissa $904 a month. A judge signed the order May 10. Three days later, she and Billy disappeared.

In the days and weeks after Karissa and BIlly's disappearances, Salem Police detectives interviewed several friends who told officers Karissa had recently been in court against Billy's father.

Police questioned Wolfe on May 18 at his house in Gaston. Wolfe acknowledged having an intimate relationship with Karissa about four years prior but said he hadn't seen her since a child support hearing April 15, 2019.

He told them the hearing "did not go well."

Wolfe gave police a timeline of his whereabouts leading up to Karissa and Billy's disappearance, including his 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. shift from May 10-13 at Cascade Steel. He said he took the following week off.


Wolfe was interviewed again at the Salem Police Department after being advised of his Miranda rights. He maintained he hadn't seen Karissa.

Cascade Steel video surveillance and AT&T phone records contradict his claims, according to court records.

Footage showed Wolfe leaving work at about 8:45 p.m. on May 13. A cell tower picked up his phone heading south, then detected him in the vicinity of Karissa's Salem apartment at about 9 p.m. — on the day she was last seen alive.

Video surveillance also showed Wolfe returning to Cascade Steel at 2:35 a.m. May 14 carrying a white trash bag containing unknown items and leaving again at 2:52 a.m.

Karissa's phone pinged near Wolfe's workplace and in the general area of Wolfe’s Yamhill County home on May 14. Police said the evidence was consistent with their phones being in the same approximate place.

That afternoon, a text message was sent from Karissa’s phone about 1.4 miles southeast of Gaston, placing it near Wolfe's house. Police have not revealed what the text message said or who it was sent to.

Many of the details were outlined by Salem Police Detective Anthony VanDekoppel in the probable cause statement used to obtain a warrant for Wolfe's arrest.

"Based on the interviews of Karissa’s family and friends, I believe the only known person who would benefit from the disappearance or criminal homicide of Karissa and William is Michael (Wolfe)," VanDekoppel wrote in the affidavit.

Wolfe also disappeared briefly, and Salem police listed him as a wanted man. They searched his rural home in Gaston and another property near Hopewell on May 23. Wolfe was taken into custody the next day at Blue Star Donuts in Portland.

Karissa's and Billy's bodies were discovered June 15, 10 miles west of Yamhill on heavily-wooded property owned by the timber company Weyerhaeuser.


Investigators knew Wolfe was familiar with the area and had a permit to cut firewood there. He also recreated in the area and had Oregon hunting and fishing licenses and a registered watercraft.

The entrance to the area — just past Yamhill's city water treatment plant and where the pavement ends — has a large gate and signage. The posted rules say it is illegal to go in or out after sunset.

An autopsy determined Karissa died of a single gunshot to the head and her death was ruled a homicide. A firearm also was found, but officials couldn't say at the time if it was connected to her murder.

The cause of Billy's death was undetermined in the autopsy. Officials have never publicly released information about whether additional testing helped determine the cause of death.
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Good job, Michael! You won't have to pay child support and you'll get your three hots and a cot for the rest of your life. Win-Win situation, right? Oh, you'll have to do what you're told to do, when you're told to do it or face immediate sanctions and you'll never see the outside world again but I guess saving a few bucks was worth it to you.

Didn't anyone ever tell this loser that sometimes the cheapest way to pay is with money?
 
One of the reasons I didn’t ask .. when they have already threatened your life .. you don’t give them a motivation to carry it out .. I can only empathize her desperation at her age and trying to be a good mom and trying to better herself .. but being young brings naivety and unfortunately it cost her .. her life and his actions should cost him his .. and he should have to reimburse whoever paid for their funerals every single penny ..
 
An Oregon man changed his plea to guilty on Friday in the kidnapping and murder of his 3-year-old child and child’s mother.

Michael Wolfe pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and second-degree murder in the 2019 murders of Karissa and Billy Fretwell.
 
Michael Wolfe, 55, was sentenced Wednesday to life with the possibility of parole after 30 years for aggravated murder and a second life sentence with parole possible after 25 years for second-degree murder, KGW-TV reported. The sentences will be served concurrently and he'll receive credit for time served since his arrest in 2019.

Wolfe pleaded guilty to the charges in June, three years after Karissa and Billy’s bodies were found in a remote wooded area west of Yamhill.
 
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