Prisoner Released Early, Helped Fight Wildfires: Now 5 Women Are Dead
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🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
41-year-old Jesse Calhoun was in court yesterday, arraigned on a fifth homicide in a string of murders that terrorized the Portland, Oregon community. Family members of some of the young victims, who all ranged in age from 22 to 32, were present as Calhoun pleaded not guilty. Calhoun has a long criminal history of violent crime, but was released early under a prison firefighting program. That’s when Calhoun is alleged to have committed his killing spree, and police say their investigation remains open, saying there could be additional victims.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Thursday, June 4th, and he was already in prison charged with killing four women. |
| 0:14.3 | Prosecutors this week just added a fifth. |
| 0:17.4 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:20.5 | A serial killer, accused serial killer here, Rob to this episode of Amy and T.J. A serial killer. |
| 0:22.0 | A cute serial killer here, Robes. |
| 0:24.4 | And we'll get into this, but this jumped out in me. |
| 0:27.4 | He allegedly committed these murders at a time when he was out of prison early because of a specific program. |
| 0:36.7 | Rose, a lot of folks in California go, oh, excuse me, Alan West Coast is going to have some things to answer on this one. |
| 0:42.1 | Yeah, this is in Oregon. |
| 0:43.8 | And this, yes, I believe might leave a lot of explaining on certain prison programs that allow early release of. |
| 0:54.0 | And this dude was a violent criminal, |
| 0:56.3 | this guy, 41-year-old Jesse Calhoun, again, now charged as a serial killer in the deaths of |
| 1:03.6 | five women in a fairly short period of time. All of these women were found dead in wooded areas around the Portland, Oregon |
| 1:13.2 | area. But as you pointed out, babe, he was out of prison committing, according to police, |
| 1:20.5 | these murders, because of an early release program. And you know what, Robes? We've heard about this |
| 1:25.9 | program. This is the first time I've |
| 1:28.3 | heard something that's negatively attached to it. But what we're talking about, and it happens |
| 1:31.9 | on the West Coast in California, we're talking about wildfires. And those things can rage, |
| 1:37.8 | and those things, and they need help. They call in help from all over the country sometimes, |
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