A man accused of torturing a woman who authorities believe uses dating apps to find victims or people to help him evade police is dead, Oregon police said.
The Grants Pass Police Department released this image of Benjamin Foster.A man who was accused of torturing a woman, and who evaded police for a week, also appears to be responsible for a double murder, Oregon police said Wednesday. The man was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound late Tuesday following an hourslong standoff.The Grants Pass Police Department announced late Tuesday that Foster was in custody following the standoff. Lt.
Police began looking for Foster on Jan. 24, after responding to a home in Grants Pass for an assault. At the home, officers found a woman in critical condition who had been "bound and severely beaten into unconsciousness," police said. Hensman told reporters during a press briefing on Jan. 26 that they were still working on a timeline, but said the assaults are believed to have occurred over a "protracted period of time." He would not elaborate on the nature of the suspect's relationship with the victim.Amid the manhunt, authorities located Foster's car and executed a search warrant in a home in Wolf Creek last week.
The victim, who was publicly identified by her family, was transported to an area hospital and remains on life support. In 2019, he was accused of holding his then-girlfriend captive inside her Las Vegas apartment for more than two weeks and beating her, according to an arrest report obtained by ABC News. He was charged with four counts of battery and two counts of assault, though in August 2021 he pleaded guilty to two of the battery charges as part of a plea deal, online court records show. A judge sentenced him to up to 1.
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