A 23-year-old woman vanishes after a night out in Bend, Oregon—uncovering a campus security guard’s deadly secret and sparking a statewide law in her name.
Bend, Oregon. July 2016. Twenty-three-year-old Kaylee Sawyer vanished after a night out and a brief argument with her boyfriend. She was last seen walking near the Central Oregon Community College campus. What began as a missing person case quickly spiraled into a disturbing criminal investigation—when a campus security guard’s wife walked into the police station with a chilling confession.
The man sworn to protect the campus had murdered Kaylee, then fled—beginning a violent, multi-state crime spree that included a kidnapping, carjackings, and a shooting. His actions would forever alter lives, spark national headlines, and lead to a major change in Oregon law.
In this episode, we tell the full story of The Bend Murder—from Kaylee’s final hours to the predator hiding in plain sight, and the legislation now bearing her name.