4 killings in 4 weeks has Klamath Falls on edge

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- Four killings in just eight weeks, all apparently unrelated, have put residents of Klamath Falls on edge.

The series of killings began July 5 with the death of 55-year-old Ronald Bowles, who suffered blunt force trauma to his head while his girlfriend was held face down at his home.

Then 54-year-old Robert Kincaid of Sprague River was shot in the back of the head and buried behind his alleged killer's home, followed by the shotgun death of 18-year-old Antelmo "Temo" Jesus Herrera-Jimenez during a fight.

The latest death was 31-year-old Douglas Ray Nelson, who was gunned down at the Summers Lane Tavern while he was bartending.

The deaths are already double the averge of two murders per year in Klamath County.

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