Forensic Expert

It's a place where God just decided to gouge out a big long ditch in the earth and the Columbia River runs down this gouge, but we call it the Gorge.

It's a place where God just decided to gouge out a big long ditch in the earth and the Columbia River runs down this gouge, but we call it the Gorge.

The Gorge is a place where people come to enjoy the outdoors. There's hunting, fishing, boating, hiking, just lots of fun activities to do.

The Gorge is a place where people come to enjoy the outdoors. There's hunting, fishing, boating, hiking, just lots of fun activities to do.

The area is on all the postcards for the state of Oregon everywhere. And it's also a very common location for the dumping of bodies, unfortunately.

The area is on all the postcards for the state of Oregon everywhere. And it's also a very common location for the dumping of bodies, unfortunately.

crime scene the body of an unidentified woman was found in the Columbia Gorge but it was off of this twisting road through a very lush forested area when we got there you know I looked up the hill and I could see this ravine and that there was a body there

crime scene the body of an unidentified woman was found in the Columbia Gorge but it was off of this twisting road through a very lush forested area when we got there you know I looked up the hill and I could see this ravine and that there was a body there

She had been strangled. And it was evident that there had probably been some kind of sexual assault.

She had been strangled. And it was evident that there had probably been some kind of sexual assault.

There was a head hair found on the body.

There was a head hair found on the body.

The fly of her jeans had been torn away, that was missing.

The fly of her jeans had been torn away, that was missing.

When she had still not been identified, the police had a sketch made up and circulated that in the local media looking for suggestions about who she might be.

When she had still not been identified, the police had a sketch made up and circulated that in the local media looking for suggestions about who she might be.

Good evening, everybody. I'm Steve Dunn. Here are some of the stories we're working on on the Channel 2 Newsroom tonight. We had a young woman who was dumped in the forest and brutally murdered.

Good evening, everybody. I'm Steve Dunn. Here are some of the stories we're working on on the Channel 2 Newsroom tonight. We had a young woman who was dumped in the forest and brutally murdered.

Tanya Bennett was intellectually disabled. She was coping, though, and had apparently, you know, some social life.

Tanya Bennett was intellectually disabled. She was coping, though, and had apparently, you know, some social life.