Update: Suspicious death in Wasco County, person identified

3/20 at 4:55 pm

(THE DALLES, Ore.) Amanda Harman was identified as the victim of the suspicious death.  On March 20, 2023, an autopsy was conducted, and the results confirmed her death was a homicide.  She was killed in the late hours of Friday March 17, 2023, near Cherry Heights, outside The Dalles.  The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office and District Attorney’s Office, with the assistance of the Major Crimes Team, began investigating the homicide on Saturday, March 18.  The Sheriff’s Office asks anyone with a camera on Cherry Heights, near Ayers Drive, or with any possible information to contact law enforcement.  Submit a tip online, through text, or phone call.  An online tip can be submitted through The Dalles City Police website online tip form, Tip 411 https://www.thedalles.org/department/police/programs.php.    A text tip can be texted to TIP 411 (847-411).  A phone tip should be directed to the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office, 541-506-2580.  Please ask for a detective. The investigation is ongoing, and more information will be released as it becomes appropriate to do so. 

No additional information is available for release at this time.

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3/20 at 10:10 am:

On the morning of Saturday, March 18, 2023, a suspicious death was discovered near Cherry Heights in Wasco County, just outside The Dalles.  The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office is investigating this death for any criminal connections, with the assistance of regional law enforcement agencies.  At the time of this release the death is still being investigated, and more information will be released as it becomes appropriate to do so.