Boyfriend Suspected After Three Generations Killed at Home

Five People Were Found Dead at a Rural Oregon Home

Authorities say five people found dead at a rural property near Forest Grove, Oregon, included a young woman, her mother, her grandmother and two friends - and investigators identified the young woman’s boyfriend as the suspect.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as Stella Jade Kimsey, 26; her mother, Rowan Karla Kimsey, 60; her grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Kimsey, 85; Stella’s best friend, Linsey Mae Haraldsen, 26; and Haraldsen’s partner, Alvin Raymond Chu, 27.

Authorities said Rowan owned the property, located roughly 30 miles west of Portland, and lived there with Stella and Stella’s boyfriend, Benjamin Charles Parker.

Investigators Named Stella’s Boyfriend as the Suspect

The sheriff’s office identified Parker, 36, as the suspect in what authorities are investigating as a quintuple homicide. He was later found dead inside his vehicle in Enumclaw, Washington, about 187 miles from the Oregon property. Police believe he died by suicide.

Because Parker is dead, the case will not follow the normal path of arrest, charging and trial. Investigators are instead working to establish what occurred through physical evidence, timelines and other information gathered from the property.

The available AP and KIRO reporting does not establish a confirmed motive or provide a verified account of a specific argument immediately before the deaths. Those details therefore should not be stated as fact.

What authorities have publicly established is the relationship between Parker and Stella, their shared residence, the identities of the five victims and Parker’s status as the suspected killer.

Three Generations of One Family Were Lost

The deaths of Stella, Rowan and Mary mean three generations of the Kimsey family were killed at the same property.

That family connection gives the case a particularly heavy human dimension. The victims were not five unrelated names discovered at an isolated location: a grandmother, mother and daughter were among them, along with Stella’s closest friend and that friend’s partner.

Authorities also reported that several domestic animals were found dead on the property. Another injured cat was taken for veterinary treatment but later had to be euthanized, according to AP and KIRO.

The sheriff’s office had not publicly specified in the supplied reporting how the five people died.

Authorities Described an Unusually Complex Scene

The bodies were discovered Saturday, Aug. 22, and authorities announced the homicide investigation the following day. The size and complexity of the property required an extensive law-enforcement response.

Washington County Sheriff Caprice Massey said the scene stood out even across her more than two decades with the agency, underscoring the scope of the work facing detectives.

Investigators have not released a complete timeline showing when each victim died. KIRO reported that officials had not yet determined the victims’ times of death when the names were publicly released.

Those unanswered questions matter because they separate what investigators know from what remains under examination.

The Investigation Must Now Reconstruct What the Victims Cannot Explain

With the suspected killer also dead, investigators will have no criminal defendant to question in court or bring before a jury.

Instead, the case now centers on reconstructing the circumstances surrounding five deaths at a home shared by Stella, her mother and Parker. The sheriff’s office has identified Parker as responsible, but many details about sequence and motive remained publicly unresolved in the reporting available Aug. 26.

For the families left behind, those answers may matter deeply. They will not change the central loss.

Three generations of one family died at the same rural property, alongside two people close to them. What had been a home became the center of one of the most complex homicide investigations local authorities said they had encountered.

For anyone experiencing a mental health or suicide crisis, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available by calling or texting 988.

References: Five Found Dead at Rural Oregon Property; Boyfriend Named as Suspect | Victims Named in Oregon Murders

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