PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Republican leaders in the Oregon legislature asked FBI Director Kash Patel to reopen the Michael Francke murder case now that the man previously convicted for the 1989 crime ...

The man convicted — and later exonerated — in one of Oregon's most high-profile murder cases is suing former Oregon State Police and Salem Police investigators, accusing law enforcement of framing him ...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - In a bipartisan effort, Oregon House of Representatives leaders Ben Bowman and Christine Drazen have asked the FBI to open a new investigation into the 1989 murder of Michael ...

The 1989 murder of Michael Francke, then the director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, is back in the news. Today, House Majority Leader Ben Bowman (D-Tigard) and House Minority Leader ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — The lengthy, convoluted saga of the unsolved 1989 murder of Oregon Corrections Director Michael Francke took another twist in early March. That was when Oregon ...

On Jan. 17, 1989, the former Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, Michael Francke, was found dead outside the agency’s headquarters Oregon lawmakers on Monday asked FBI Director Kash ...

The killing of the director of the Oregon Department of Corrections remains an enduring mystery. OREGON — The 1989 murder of Michael Francke, then the director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, ...