Bend police seek identity of person in Bend woman’s homicide
Published 2:15 pm Friday, July 21, 2023
- Bend Police are seeking the identity of the person in this image, which was taken from video, in connection with the Bend homicide of Evelyn Weaver.
BEND — Bend police seek the public’s help to identify a person seen in video surveillance leaving the vehicle of Bend homicide victim Evelyn Weaver in Klamath Falls.
The images are blurry and difficult to see clearly, so police are looking for additional surveillance imagery captured between July 8 and 14 for a person whose description and clothing may match those seen in the images, said Sheila Miller, Bend Police Department spokesperson.
Weaver’s 2004 silver Honda CR-V was located more than 130 miles from the 28-year-old’s Bend home on Thursday, July 20, at the corner of Shasta Way and Division Street in Klamath Falls.
The vehicle arrived at the location in the early morning of July 15 and was reported by a community member early Thursday morning.
“We have collected that vehicle at this point,” Miller said.
“My understanding is that this person walked away from this vehicle and did not return.”
Police will not release information concerning the state of the car at this time but said Weaver’s residence in the 200 block of Northwest Hill Street is not an active crime scene anymore.
Investigators are asking anyone who traveled between Bend and Klamath Falls between 3:30 p.m. on July 14 and 3:30 a.m. on July 15 to call nonemergency dispatch at 541-693-6911, if they encountered the vehicle or the driver.
Police are also asking businesses and residences along U.S. Highway 97 to look through surveillance footage and to contact nonemergency dispatch with any information.
“That’s the main area of travel between Bend and Klamath Falls,” Miller said. “I’ve sent this message out also to all of the news stations in Southern Oregon and to Northern California as well — just getting as many eyes on these images as possible.”
Weaver was found unresponsive at her home after an unidentified person called police from the scene asking for them to check on her.
Arriving officers found Weaver unresponsive and deemed her death to be of “suspicious nature,” prompting them to classify the case as a homicide. They reported her death at 11:18 a.m. on Tuesday.
Details about her cause of death or her relation to the caller have not been released to the public.
